Legal Opinion

Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Lewis

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 12, 1911PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Action by Georgia Ann Lewis against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.

This is the second appeal in this case. The former was by the present appellee, and is reported in 122 S. W. 605. The case was reversed and remanded for errors in the charge of the court, and upon another trial the plaintiff in the suit recovered a judgment against the appellant for damages for negligently causing the death of her husband. From that judgment the railway company now appeals.

The appellee is the widow of Charles Lewis, who was killed while in the employ of the appellant and while working in its repair shops at Marshall, Tex. Lewis, it seems, was the head of a gang of three other…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. HynsonTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Lewis v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1909

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Jolesch & Chaska Co. v. HamptonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  2. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. DrennanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  3. Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. CollinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. ButtsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  5. William Miller & Sons Co. v. WaymanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913

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