Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company v. Pierce

SHANNON, Justice.

This appeal stems from a suit filed in the district court of Hays County by appel-lee, Grace Pierce, and others, against ap pellant, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company. Upon trial to a jury, the court entered judgment for $25,000.00 in favor of appellee for the wrongful death of her adult son, Jack Shaw.

The cause of action arose from a collision between an automobile and a railroad brush-cutter at a railroad crossing near Gary Job Corps in Hays County on January 11, 1972. At that time Jack Shaw was a passenger in the automobile, and he died as a result of that collision.

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