1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 584 S.W.2d
  5. 584 S.W.2d 720 (1979)
 

LILLEY v. SOUTHERN PAC. TRANSP. CO.

No. 1220.

584 S.W.2d 720 (1979)

Iona Kennedy LILLEY, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

June 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry M. Thorn, Melvin Whitaker, Paxton, Whitaker & Parsons, Palestine, for appellant.

Harman Parrott, Claude R. Treece, Sewell, Junell & Riggs, Houston, John B. McDonald, McDonald, Calhoon & Kolstad, Palestine, for appellee.

McKAY, Justice.

This is an action for wrongful death resulting from a railroad crossing accident.

A pickup truck in which Bobby Joe Kennedy and Louis Chalk were riding was struck at a grade crossing by one of the trains of appellee, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, killing Kennedy and injuring Chalk. The accident occurred in the afternoon of August 7, 1973, a short distance west of Frankston. Kennedy's widow (Mrs. Lilley, appellant) and Chalk brought...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases