Lancaster Wight v. Allen
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; P. O. Beard, Judge. Action by Mrs. Clara Allen, administratrix, against Lancaster & Wight, receivers. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
This appeal is from a judgment for $27,000, rendered in favor of the widow and children of T. O. Allen, deceased, against the receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Allen was killed as a result of the derailment of the engine on which he was employed as a fireman. The accident occurred near a switch in the railway yards at Texarkana, Tex., as the engine pulling the train was approaching the depot.
[1] The court submitted only two of the grounds of negligence set out in the plaintiff’s original petition, a defective switch point, and a defective flange on a wheel of the front trucks…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sutton's Adm'r v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
3Cited by5 opinions
- Elizabeth v. Conemaugh Black Lick RailroadDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1955
- Stanford v. McLean Trucking Co.District Court, E.D. Texas · 1981
- Lancaster & Wight v. AllenTexas Supreme Court · 1920
- Brown v. KirkseyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Payne v. SheplerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922