San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Bowles

BROWN, Associate Justice.

—Georgia A. Bowles and her child, John Claude Bowles, sued the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Company and the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company for damages on. account of the death of J. W. Bowles, the husband of Georgia and father of John Claude Bowles, which death was alleged to have been caused by the joint negligence of the two railway companies.

The San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Company pleaded a general denial, contributory negligence on the part of J. W. Bowles, and that the engineer of its train and the deceased were fellow servants.

The…