THOMPSON v. CREECH

No. 12794.

284 S.W.2d 256 (1955)

Guy A. THOMPSON, Trustee, St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company, Appellant, v. Julia L. CREECH et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hutcheson, Taliaferro & Hutcheson, Woodul, Arterbury & Wren, Roy L. Arterbury and Howard S. Hoover, Houston, for appellant.

M. E. Blackburn, Junction, Morris, Underwood & Oldham, Houston, and Morriss, Morriss, Boatwright & Lewis, San Antonio, for appellees.


HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

The appellees, being the wife, children, father and mother, of Alvin Benton Creech, deceased, sued the appellant for damages for the alleged wrongful death of Alvin Benton Creech at the hands of appellant, when he was struck by its streamlined passenger train, "Valley Eagle", at about 4:00 p. m., April 25, 1949, near Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, on appellant's trestle across San Fernando Creek. The deceased had gone up the testle, which...

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