Legal Opinion

Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Daniels

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 19, 1894No. 452PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLY, Associate Justice.

— This is a suit brought by the surviving wife and child of Horace Daniels, who was killed by the collapse of a bridge over which he, as engineer, was propelling a locomotive and freight train. The case turns upon the question of the proper care upon the part of appellant in constructing and maintaining the bridge. This is a second appeal of the case, the first being reported in 1 Texas Civil Appeals, 695.

We will consider the assignments of error in the order presented in the brief. In the fifth, sixth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Montana Railway Co. v. WarrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. LathropSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Stooksbury v. SwanTexas Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Central & Montgomery Railroad v. Morris & CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. American Const. Co. v. CaswellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Ross v. Clark CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
  3. Grace v. Union Electric Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1947
  4. Moore v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Chicago Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. HarknessCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933

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