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HAUGHTON v. HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RAILWAY CO.

No. 13261.

317 S.W.2d 102 (1958)

John HAUGHTON et al., Appellants, v. HOUSTON BELT & TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY, Incorporated, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

October 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Musick, Musick & Heath, Robert H. Heath, Houston, for appellants.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Quentin Bates, Houston, for appellee.

WOODRUFF, Justice.

This action was instituted by appellants, John Haughton, the surviving husband, and Alexander Minor, an adult dependent son, of Annie Coachman Haughton, deceased, to recover damages for the negligent killing of Annie Haughton on the night of May 8, 1954, by appellee's employees in running over her in the operation of its equipment. At the conclusion of appellants' testimony the trial court sustained appellee's motion to instruct a verdict in its...

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