Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court,- Falls County; Richard I. Munroe, Judge. Action by Mark Brown against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
Spencer Brown, a negro boy about 18 years of age, either fell from appellant’s passenger train, as it approached Lorena, a station on appellant’s road, or was knocked or shoved from same by a porter on appellant’s train, and received injuries from which he died on the following day. The father of the deceased, appellee herein, brought suit and recovered judgment against appellant for $1,000.
[1] The theory of appellee is that the deceased boarded the train at Bruceville, a station five miles south of Lorena, without a ticket, but with money intending to pay his fare, and that he did so or…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Dillingham v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Birmingham Railway & Electric Co. v. BairdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Hanna v. LadewigTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BlackTexas Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bounty Ballroom v. BainCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
- Southern Casualty Co. v. HernandezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Southern Kansas Ry. Co. of Texas v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913