Legal Opinion

Texas Central Railway Co. v. Burnett

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1891No. 7017PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error from Shackelford. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Conner. Error to revise a judgment for $3000, recovered below by the plaintiff for personal injuries suffered by his wife in a collision upon the road pf the appellant.

1Opinion of the Court

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by appellee to recover damages for an injury claimed to have been received by his wife while a passenger on one of appellant’s trains. There was a collision between the train in which appellee’s wife was and another, arid it is claimed that she was injured by the concussion.

The first and fourth assignments of error present the question whether the court erred in permitting physicians who knew the condition of Mrs. Burnett to give their opinions as to whether her injuries were such as would likely result from such a concussion as was shown, and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Ry. Co. v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ConleyTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. ConleyTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Choate v. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
  4. International & Great Northern Railroad v. ShufordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  5. Lamar v. Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923

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