Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Bell County. Alice Johnson brought separate suits, for herself, and as next friend of her minor son Rogers Johnson, for damages to each respectively by personal injury to the son. The suits were consolidated, tried together, and she recovered upon both branches of the case. The railway company, defendant, appealed, and, on affirmance, procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
On the 20th day of June, 1895, Alice Johnson filed a petition in the District Court of Bell County against the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company, in which she sought to recover of the railroad company damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon her minor son, Rogers Johnson, who was alleged to have been six years old when injured. It was alleged that by reason of the injuries the son lost one foot which disabled him for labor. The petition set up the particular acts of negligence which caused the injury in the following language: “That the car…
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