Legal Opinion
Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Quill
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1898No. 724PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Waller County. The railway company obtained writ of error upon a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals reversing and remanding, upon defendant’s appeal, a judgment in its favor in the trial court, on the ground that the decision was in conflict with previous rulings.
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Associate Justice.
“This suit was brought by appellant, Kate Quill, for herself and as next friend of her minor daughter Mary, and by Katherine Quill, the mother of deceased, against appellee to recover damages for the death of James Quill, the husband of Kate and father of Mary Quill.
“It was alleged by plaintiffs that in January, 1886, James Quill, while a locomotive engineer operating one of appellee’s engines, was killed by the derailment of the engine, which derailment was caused by a collision with cattle which had entered upon appellee’s railroad track through the negligence of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ward v. Bonner and Eddy, ReceiversTexas Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Eastern Texas Electric Co. v. KappeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. SalisburyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912