Case Name: TEXAS & P. RY. CO. v. JACKSON et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1912-01-11
Citations: 193 F. 948
Docket Number: No. 2,198
Parties: TEXAS & P. RY. CO. v. JACKSON et al.
Judges: Before McCORMICK and SHELBY, Circuit Judges, and MAX-EY, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 193
Pages: 948–949

Head Matter:
TEXAS & P. RY. CO. v. JACKSON et al.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
January 11, 1912.
On Petition for Rehearing, February 6, 1912.)
No. 2,198
Appeal am Ebror. (§ 193 ) — Defects—Capacity to Sue — -Waives.
Failure of a petition to show plaintiffs’ capacity to sue must he raised by answer and is not available after trial on the merits, 'and hence objection to a petition for negligent death, brought by decedent’s major children, on the ground that it failed to show that decedent left no widow or minor children who would be entitled to the recovery under Rev. Civ. Code La. art. 2315, not raised during the'trial. is not available on motion for rehearing on affirmance of judgment for plaintiffs.
[Ed. Note.- — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Dec. Dig. § 193.*]
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana.
Action by John Jackson and others against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
Affirmed.
E. H. Randolph, Walker B. Spencer, Chas. Payne Eenner, and Bernard J. Mayer, for plaintiff in error.
W. P. Hall, for defendants in error.
Before McCORMICK and SHELBY, Circuit Judges, and MAX-EY, District Judge.
For other oases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1007 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We are of the opinion that the record discloses no reversible error.
Affirmed.