Legal Opinion

Prokop v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 15, 1904PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Austin. Tried below before Hon. L. W. Moore.

1Opinion of the Court

GILL, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant to recover of appellee damages for personal injuries alleged to have been •sustained by his wife by reason of an assault alleged to have been committed upon her by a negro while she, a passenger, was awaiting the arrival of appellee’s passenger train at the town of Sealy, Texas. Appellant seeks here a revision of the judgment of the trial court sustaining a general demurrer to the petition.

The petition of plaintiff is of considerable length, but as the facts ■ alleged as a basis for recovery may be embraced within the compass of - a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Holman v. CriswellTexas Supreme Court · 1854
  2. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. L. L. ShieldsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
  3. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. LongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
  4. Thweatt v. Houston East & West Texas Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1903

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Morris v. BarnetteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. SledgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  3. Bartlett v. TerrellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
  4. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. PinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1928
  5. Schaff v. BourlandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924

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