Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion. Tried below before Hon. J. L. Sheppard. This suit was filed September 14, 1888, by T. R. Johnson, against Johm 0. Brown, receiver of Texas Pacific Railway Company, for damages for' personal injuries received by him while running an engine on the Texas Pacific Railway on January 31, 1888, at Lansing Switch.
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Appeal from Marion. Tried below before Hon. J. L. Sheppard. This suit was filed September 14, 1888, by T. R. Johnson, against Johm 0. Brown, receiver of Texas Pacific Railway Company, for damages for' personal injuries received by him while running an engine on the Texas Pacific Railway on January 31, 1888, at Lansing Switch. By amendment the Texas Pacific Railway was made defendant, on the ground that Brown as receiver had delivered all the property to the Texas Pacific Railway Company and had been discharged on November 1, 1888, and that the receiver had improved the road. The Texas Pacific…
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
From December 16, 1885, until October 31, 1888, the Texas Pacific Eailway was in the hands of and operated by *426John C. Brown as receiver, appointed by the Circuit Court of the United States, sitting in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Appellee brought this action against the receiver on. September 14, 1888, to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been received by him through the negligence of the receiver on January 31, 1888. Being advised that the receiver had been discharged, on December 17,1888, appellee caused the railway company to be made a defendant..…
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