Houston & T. C. R'y Co. v. Cowser
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard. Suit brought July 26, 1880, by the defendants in error, Wm. R. Cowser and wife, against the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, to recover damages resulting to them as the parents of Wm.
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Error from Robertson. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Collard. Suit brought July 26, 1880, by the defendants in error, Wm. R. Cowser and wife, against the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, to recover damages resulting to them as the parents of Wm. R. Cowser, Jr., on account of his death, which, it is alleged, occurred in Hearne, the 12th June, 1880, and was caused by the gross negligence and carelessness of the agents, servants and employees -of the railway company, in switching their cars. The evidence showed that Wm. R. Cowser was over twenty-one years old at the time of his injury…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
The only questions which are deemed necessary to be noticed in this case arise upon the first, sixth, eighth and eleventh errors assigned by the plaintiff in error, the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, and upon the cross-assignment made by the defendants in error, Cowser and wife.
1. The first assigned error is that “ The court erred in overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiffs’ petition, because it appears from the face of the petition that the suit is ■ for damages to the plaintiffs for the death of their son, who is shown to be an adult, and the…
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