ROBINSON v. GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO.

No. 15998.

325 S.W.2d 432 (1959)

Helen Mary ROBINSON, Adm'x, Appellant, v. GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, and Frank E. Crumley, Fort Worth, Akin & Vial and Henry D. Akin, Jr., Dallas (on motion for rehearing), for appellant.

Hudson, Keltner & Sarsgard and Luther Hudson, Fort Worth, for appellee.


RENFRO, Justice.

The plaintiff, Helen Mary Robinson, brought suit against the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. A. § 51 et seq., for damages for the death of her husband while in the scope of his employment with the defendant.

The deceased was killed when the train on which he was working as fireman collided with a County asphalt truck on Avondale School Road in Tarrant County.

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