Harris v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.

This suit was instituted by appellants, Mrs. R. M. Harris and Stanley Harris, against the appellee, Texas & Pacific Railway Company, for damages sustained by them on account of the death of R. M. Harris, the husband of one of the appellants and the father of the other. No evidence was offered in behalf of the ap-pellee, but, at the conclusion of appellants’ evidence, the court, upon motion of appellee, peremptorily instructed the jury to return a verdict in its favor. Upon the verdict returned in obedience to the instruction, judgment was rendered that appellants take nothing, and the appeal…