MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY v. PIERCE

No. 12191.

519 S.W.2d 157 (1975)

MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Grace PIERCE et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1975.

Supplemental Opinion February 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Moody, Jr., H. Lee Godfrey, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, Moody & Garwood, Austin, for appellant.

Bob Roberts, Byrd, Davis, Eisenberg & Clark, Austin, for appellees.


SHANNON, Justice.

This appeal stems from a suit filed in the district court of Hays County by appellee, Grace Pierce, and others, against appellant, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company. Upon trial to a jury, the court entered judgment for $25,000.00 in favor of appellee for the wrongful death of her adult son, Jack Shaw.

The cause of action arose from a collision between an automobile and a railroad brush-cutter...

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