Smith v. International & Great Northern Railroad
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. J. H. Clark.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
Appellants sought to recover.in the District Court damages accruing by reason of the death of Joseph Oliver Smith, the husband of Emma B. Smith and the father of the other two appellants. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee.
It appears from the statement of facts that deceased and Emery A. Turner left Taylor, Texas, late in the afternoon of July 7, 1902, to go to Rockdale. They were walking, and went about one and a half mile when they were stopped by a heavy rain. They went under a shed and remained until 8 o’clock when they started back to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ShifletTexas Supreme Court · 1900
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