Legal Opinion

Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Harriett

Texas Supreme Court

Decided February 27, 1891No. 2859PublishedCited by 108 opinions

This is an appeal from a judgment for Harriett against appellant for $5000 damages for personal injuries caused plaintiff by negligence of defendant in a collision of trains upon its road. The opinion gives a'statement of the case.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Associate Justice.

This was an action by the appellee to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted to him from the negligence of the managing officers of the appellant corporation. The injuries were received in the same collision as that which gave rise to the case of this same appellant versus Compton, which was before this court at its'last term at this place, and which is reported in 75 Texas, 667. An outline of the facts which led to the collision is given in the opinion in that case. The appellee was the fireman on the passenger train which collided with the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ComptonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890

3Cited by108 opinions

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