Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Worthy
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The verdict and judgment in the trial court for damages were affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The verdict and judgment in the trial court for damages were affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals. Among the matters complained of in the petition for writ of error is the following: "4. The Court of Civil Appeals erred in not sustaining appellant’s fourth assignment of error, viz., the court erred in giving to the jury the following clause in its charge: ‘ In case you find for plaintiffs, you may give them such damages as you may think proportioned to the injury resulting to plaintiffs from the death of H.…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
C. A. Worthy and her children sued the railroad company for damages on account of the death of their husband and father, which was admitted to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s employes; but it was claimed that such employes so guilty of negligence were the fellow-servants of the deceased, who was also an employe of the same railroad company at the time he was killed. The deceased was an engineer upon a train of defendant, and at the time he was killed was running an engine attached to a freight train. When approaching a station his engine ran into…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad v. Le GierseTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- March v. WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1877
- Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. NixonTexas Supreme Court · 1879
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Int. & G. N. R'y Co. v. OrmondTexas Supreme Court · 1884
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