Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Walker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. A. W. Seeligson.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This is a suit instituted by appellees to recover damages arising from injuries received by falling into an unguarded and unlighted pit in a roundhouse. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in the sum of $5,000. This is a second appeal. (1 Texas Law Journal, 76 S. W. Rep., 1, 228.)
On the former appeal of this cause the judgment of the District Court was reversed because of the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain a verdict. It was held that appellee having general knowledge of the construction of the roundhouse was charged with a knowledge of the existence…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SomersTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Williams v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Dimmitt v. RobbinsTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Hunter v. New York, Ontario & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SomersTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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- Modern Woodmen of America v. AtchesonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Schaff v. VerbleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
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