Legal Opinion
Bird v. Schaff
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 16, 1918No. 8023Published
Appeal from District Court, Hunt County; A. P. Dolioney, Judge. Action by M. J. Bird and wife against C. E. Scbaff, receiver of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, and others. Erom a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
Appellant brought this suit against the appellee as receiver of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, to recover for personal injuries occasioned to Mrs. M. J. Bird, alleging:
“That on the 24th day of June, A. D. 1916, the plaintiff Mrs. Mary Bird was in South Mc-Alester and desired to be transported over the defendants’ lino of railroad to Greenville, Tex.; that she purchased a ticket from the agent of the receiver of South McAlester, entitling her to be ■ carried from South McAlester to Greenville, Tex.; that, when the passenger train from the north came into South McAlester…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
- Latimer v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905