Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Patillo
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Fifty-seventh District Court, Bexar County. Tried below before the Hon. A. W. Seeligson.
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
This appeal .is from a judgment of $6,000 (the verdict was for $9,000, but a remittitur of $3,000 was required and entered in the court below), recovered by appellee for personal injuries inflicted by the negligence of the appellant.
In his petition, the plaintiff sets forth the grounds of negligence as follows: “That heretofore, on or about July 2, 1900, plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s passenger trains, traveling from the city of El Paso, in El Paso County, Texas, to the city of Houston in Harris County, Texas, and when said train had reached a point…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Choate v. San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
- Stewart v. Boston & Providence RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Bemiss v. New Orleans City & Lake RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
- Cotchett v. Savannah & Tybee Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- McDaniel v. Highland Avenue & Belt RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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- Schaff v. SandersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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