Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Strycharski
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. Strycharski sued Dillingham, receiver of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, and the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, the purchaser of the property at a receiver’s sale, to recover for personal injuries received as an employe of the receiver. Plaintiff had judgment against the company, but the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the receiver.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. Strycharski sued Dillingham, receiver of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, and the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, the purchaser of the property at a receiver’s sale, to recover for personal injuries received as an employe of the receiver. Plaintiff had judgment against the company, but the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the receiver. The company appealed, Strycharski filing' cross-assignments of error, upon which the Court of Civil Appeals, while affirming the judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The Circuit Court of the United States at Galveston, Texas, appointed Charles Dillingham receiver of the property of the Houston & Texas Central Eailroad Company. The date of the appointment is not material to the question involved. On the 4th day of May, 1888, that court entered a decree ordering that the railroad be sold for the payment of certain bonds which were foreclosed upon it. The property was sold September 8, 1888, being purchased by F. P. Oleott for himself and associates, and the sale was confirmed December 4, 1888, and the court directed a deed to be…
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