Legal Opinion
Jones v. Shaw
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 22, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Wichita. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER,
Associate Justice.—The cause of action alleged was that plaintiff, V. L. Shaw, on January 6, 1895, was a bralteman in the employ of Morgan Jones, receiver of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, and while'engaged in said position he was seriously injured by reason of the unsound and dangerous condition of the trucks and framework of the trucks and appliances thereon, attached to and used in connection with a certain freight car in a train north of Wichita Falls .and near the town of Chillieothe, on which car the plaintiff was braking, the injury being caused by. the said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Transportation Line v. HopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- McCray v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Grand Trunk Western Ry. Co. v. LindsayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912
- Southern Pac. Co. v. GreenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925