Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Gaskill
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District in an appeal from Burleson County. Gaskill sued the railway company and obtained judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant. Appellee thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The defendant in error, plaintiff below, who was superintendent of a compress at Ballinger, was hurt while attending to his business as such in a ear of the plaintiff in error, defendant below, which stood upon the spur track by the cotton platform of the compress company, through the negligence of other persons in driving another of defendant’s cars against that in which plaintiff was. Those who moved the car were ordinarily the servants of the compress company alone, and the principal question in the ease is whether or not the defendant is responsible for their negligence.
The spur track was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. CulbersonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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