Hines v. Richardson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Henderson County; John S. Prince, Judge. Action by Lelia A. Richardson against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
In July, 1919, Frank Richardson, the 17 year old son of the appellee, was killed while crossing the track of the Cotton Belt Railroad in the town of Athens. His mother sued, and recovered a judgment for the sum of $13,674. That judgment in- eluded $12,562 as the value of the pecuniary-aid which the plaintiff had a reasonable expectation of receiving from her deceased son after he arrived at the age of 21 years and the net value of the services he would have rendered before arriving at that age, $50 as the value of services rendered by physicians in attending Frank Richardson after his…
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