Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Coffey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Collin County; F. E. Wilcox, Judge. Action by W. D. Coffey against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The suit was brought by the father to recover in his own right damages for injuries sustained by his minor son. Ross Coffey, the son of appellee, at the time of the suit was a minor 17 years of age.
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Appeal from District Court, Collin County; F. E. Wilcox, Judge. Action by W. D. Coffey against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The suit was brought by the father to recover in his own right damages for injuries sustained by his minor son. Ross Coffey, the son of appellee, at the time of the suit was a minor 17 years of age. On March 12,1912, and for a long time prior thereto, Ross Coffey, with his father’s knowledge and consent, was in the employ of appellant as a messenger boy. 'On March 12, 1912, the local manager of…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The court charged the jury that ,“the undisputed evidence in this case as set forth above entitles the plaintiff to a verdict as a matter of law, and you will therefore return a verdict in favor of plaintiff for such actual damages, if any, as you may find he has sustained by reason of said injuries of said Ross Coffey received as above stated,” and then follow instructions respecting the measure of damages. The evidence “as set forth above” in the court’s charge, and on which the verdict was being directed, was that it appears that Ross Goffey, 17 years…
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