San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Manning

NEILL, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Harris County on Hovember 30, 1897, by the appellees, Mrs. A. M. Manning for herself as surviving wife of Alvin S. Manning, deceased, and as next friend of Mamie Manning, his minor daughter, against the appellant to recover the sum of $30,000 damages for negligently causing the death of appellees’ husband and father while in appellant’s employ on the night of the 4th day of December, 1896, at Cameron, Texas.

The ground of negligence alleged, upon which appellees relied, is that Alvin S. Manning, in discharge of his duty…