Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Conley
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Charles L. Conley and another against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa F6 Railway Company1. A judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (236 S. W. 521), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCureton, C. J.
This case is here by writ of error from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Ninth District. A full statement of the case may be found in the opinions of the Court of Civil Appeals, 236 S. W. 521, and the Commission of Appeals, 252 S. W. 737.
Mrs. Conley, one of the defendants in error, a passenger on plaintiff in error’s train, not having alighted at her station, was carried a short distance beyond, and injured.
The case was tried on a general charge in which the jury was instructed, in part, as follows:
“A carrier of passengers is required to exercise the greatest degree of care which can be…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. KeelingTexas Supreme Court · 1909
- International & Great Northern Railroad v. HallorenTexas Supreme Court · 1880
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. WelchTexas Supreme Court · 1893
- Mexican Central Railway Co. v. LauricellaTexas Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by133 opinions
- Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. BankstonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
- Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. EctorTexas Supreme Court · 1938
- Edwards v. GiffordTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. SturgeonTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Harris v. Thornton's Department StoreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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