Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McWhirter
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Lampasas. Tried below before Hon. W. A. Blackburn.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
—This action was instituted by Lewis McWhirter, a minor, by his next friend and father J. C. McWhirter, against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, for the recovery of damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff while playing with other children on defendant's turntable, in the city and county of Lampasas. The plaintiff alleges that defendant negligently permitted the turntable to remain unguarded and unfastened; that it was a dangerons machine and calculated to attract the attention of children; that plaintiff, then five years of age and not knowing the…
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