Legal Opinion
Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Welch
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 6, 1944No. 5652PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEARE, Justice.
This appeal presents the issue of the constitutionality of Article 6402, R. C. S. 1925, which provides as follows:
“Art. 6402. Killing stock.- — -Each railroad company shall be liable to the owner for the value of all stock killed or injured by the locomotives and cars of such railroad company in running over their respective railways. Such liability shall also exist in counties and subdivisions of counties which adopt the stock law prohibiting the running at large of horses, mules, jacks, jennets and cattle. If said company fence its road it shall only be liable for injury…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Smith v. CahoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. WaltersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Shupee v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- Zeigler v. South & North Ala. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. RibletSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
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3Cited by19 opinions
- General Services Commission v. Little-Tex Insulation Co.Texas Supreme Court · 2001
- City of Raton v. SprouleNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc. v. Commissioner of InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Berens v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
- City of Winston-Salem v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
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