Central Texas & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Gibson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Ellis County. Emma Gibson sued the railway company for damages for personal injuries, and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
A carriage in which defendant in error was riding with her father and three other ladies along a public street of Waxahachie, was struck at a crossing upon plaintiff in, error’s track by one of its cars which was kicked by its servants across the street with no engine attached and without any signals of bell or whistle, and defendant in error received the injuries to recover for which this suit was brought.
Many grounds for the reversal of the judgment which she recovered were urged in the Court of Civil Appeals and are presented in the application for writ of…
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