Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Fesmire
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Grayson County ; B. L. Jones, Judge. Action by Mrs. Nolia Fesmire against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRasbury, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Grayson county, entered upon the verdict of a jury awarding appellee $15,000 damages for the death of her husband, Joseph W. Fesmire, while in the discharge of his duties as an em-ployé of appellant. Fesmire, at the time he lost his life, was head brakeman upon a water train. This train loaded with water at Honey Springs in Dallas county, Tex., and was hauled to and unloaded at a tank on appellant’s line of railway in Rockwall county, Tex.; the water being subsequently pumped into the tank. The water so hauled and subsequently pumped…
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