TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. HANSON

No. 12737.

271 S.W.2d 309 (1954)

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. W. O. HANSON et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

On Remittitur July 22, 1954.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stofer, Proctor, Houchins & Anderson, Conde N. Anderson, Victoria, for appellant.

Kirkham & Graham, Dean B. Kirkham, Corpus Christi, Duckett & Duckett, El Campo, for appellee.


HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Wharton County by appellees, W. O. Hanson and wife, Vivian Hanson, for damages for the alleged wrongful death of their minor son, John Hanson, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a crossing collision between appellant's freight train and an automobile in which the deceased was a grest passenger. The trial was before a jury, which, in response to special issues, found the appellant...

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