International & Great Northern Railroad v. Howell
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Walker County. Aline Howell and others sued the International & Great Northern Railroad Company and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
An application for a writ of error in this case was refused and, afterwards, on motion for rehearing, was granted, because it was thought that probably the trial court had committed error in refusing the plaintiff in error, who was defendant below, a continuance upon its application. We shall confine our opinion to that question.
The action was originally brought in behalf of Aline Howell, Vannie Howell and Sullivan Howell, minor children of Henry Howell, by their next friend, George M. Cecil, to recover damages for the negligent killing of Henry Howell by the servants of the defendant. On the…
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