Legal Opinion

Peck v. Peck

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 1, 1905No. 1413PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. W. H. Peck sued L. P. Peck and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

The judgment under review was recovered by defendant in error, as plaintiff, against plaintiff in error, as defendant, for damages for an injury sustained by plaintiff while in defendant’s service. One of the leading questions submitted is whether or not the evidence showed any right- of plaintiff to recover. There is practically no conflict in the testimony. The plaintiff was hurt while operating an elevator in defendant’s furniture establishment, by having his arm caught between an iron bar across the side of the elevator and a block of wood fastened inside the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HannigTexas Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Robert E. McKee, General Contractor v. PattersonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Wood v. Kane Boiler Works, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Forrest v. Vital Earth Resources, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2003
  4. Jackson v. Associated Developers of LubbockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Page v. ScaramoziCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956

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