Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Parsons
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in' a.n appeal from. Harris County. Parsons sued the railway company and recovered judgment. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The Texas & Niew Orleans Bailroad Company owned and operated in 1903 a railroad from Houston to a place called Echo in Orange County, at which latter place were located a depot, shops and yards. The yards extended about two miles in length and in width sufficient to embrace five separate tracks, all being enclosed by a fence on each side the length of the yards. Within the enclosure were all improvements and buildings which were located at Echo, including a hotel at which the railroad employes boarded. The railroad company had a large number of hands employed in the shops and otherwise about…
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