Court of Appeals of Texas March 25, 1903 (Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Matthews)

NEILL, Associate Justice.

—This suit was brought by Maggie Matthews as the surviving wife of J. L. Matthews, deceased, for herself and as next friend of Katie May Matthews and Beulah Marie Matthews, his minor children, against the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for its alleged negligent killing of the deceased.

The substance of plaintiffs’ petition is, that on the 8th day of May, 1899, J.