Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Laro

The ease is a simple one, involving a daylight crossing accident, in which A. V. Laro lost his life. His widow sued the railway company to recover in her own behalf and that of her two children, a boy and a girl. A jury trial resulted in a judgment in favor of the mother for $8,500, in favor of the son for $3,400, and of the daughter for $5,100, aggregating $17,000. The railway company has appealed.

Laro was traveling alone in a loaded wagon, drawn by two horses, upon a much frequented highway, which crossed the railway track from west to .east, about 4 miles north of the city of Fort Worth.…