Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. Boone
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Harris County. Mrs. Boone and others sued the Railway Co. and had judgment, which was affirmed on defendant’s appeal. Appellant then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibbell
Plaintiffs below, Ora K. Boone and others, the surviving wife, the minor child and mother of T. L. Boone, brought this suit in the District Court of Harris County against the Houston, East & West Texas Railway Company to recover damages resulting from the alleged killing of said T. L. Boone on September 30, 1907, at Lufkin, Texas.
The grounds upon which recovery was sought were substantially that deceased, who had theretofore been in the service of the defendant as freight conductor, was at the time of his death temporarily employed as switchman in the railway yards at Lufkin. The duties of a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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