Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Freeman
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hunt County. Annie Freeman and others sued the railway company and recovered ' judgment, which was affirmed on appeal, whereupon the company obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
W.A. Freeman died from smallpox alleged to have been communicated to him by the negligence of the railway company, its servants and agents, and this action was brought by the defendants in error to recover damages for such death, and was prosecuted to the judgment brought in review by this writ of error.
It appears from the facts found by the Court of Civil Appeals that this railway company had agreed with its employes, in consideration of a monthly sum contributed out of their wages, to furnish them, when sick or injured, surgical and medical attention. In conjunction, it and a connecting…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Turner v. Cross and Eddy, ReceiversTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Houston & T. C. R'y Co. v. CowserTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- Lipscomb v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1901
- Hendrick v. WaltonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. WoodTexas Supreme Court · 1902
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- Hamilton v. St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1926
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- Pulom v. Jacob Dold Packing Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Texas · 1910
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