Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Ransom

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

We adopt appellant’s statement of the case, as follows:

On March 13, 1895, John W. Ransom instituted his suit in the District Court of Ellis County, Texas, to recover from appellant damages for alleged personal injuries charged to have been afflicted on him in a collision between trains of appellant and one on the Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway, at a crossing of the two roads near Waxahachie, Texas, on December 25, 1894, such collision being alleged to have been the result of negligence by the employes of appellant. On June 4, 1895, the death of said John W. Ransom…