Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Williams
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from McLennan County. Action by W. B. Williams, for the use of his minor son, Eaton Williams, for personal injuries to the latter. Plaintiff recovered a judgment in the trial court, which was affirmed on appeal by defendants who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Eaton Williams, a minor, was in the town of Bruceville on the line of railroad which belonged to plaintiff in error and desired to return to Waco. He' was not at the depot when the train going to Waco arrived but hearing it approach ran and got on it as it was leaving the depot. He got on the front end of the first car that came by him, which was the baggage car, located immediately behind the tender, because he had not time to get on elsewhere—the train being then in motion going down grade at a rapid speed. He had the money with which to pay his fare to Waco, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Merrill v. Eastern RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Ratteree v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Farley v. Cincinnati, H. & D. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
- Radley v. Columbia Railway Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1904
- Dallas Rapid Transit Railway Co. v. PayneTexas Supreme Court · 1904
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