Legal Opinion
Butler v. City of Conroe
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 10, 1920No. 534PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Montgomery County; D. F. Singleton, Judge. Action by Mrs. Joe Butler and husband against the City of Conroe and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWalkeb, J.
Appellants, Mrs. Joe Butler and her husband, Joe Butler, sued the city of Conroe and the Conroe Gin, Ice & Light Company for damages for injuries received by Mrs. Butler in falling over a pole lying across a public and used sidewalk in the city of Conroe. Mrs. Butler testified, in part, as follows:
“I was injured February 13, 1917. ‘ I had company, and started the family to eating supper, and then left home to go to the store for a box of crackers, and on leaving gate saw a door of the Catholic Church across the street open, and I went across and closed the door, which threw me late. This pole…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lee v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. GasscampTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- City of Austin v. RitzTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- City of Montgomery v. RossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- City of Galveston v. HemmisTexas Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by5 opinions
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