Legal Opinion

North Texas Construction Co. v. Bostick

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 17, 1904No. 1358PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Erath County. Bostick sued and had judgment against the construction company. The latter appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

E. J. Bostick, a minor, by 'his father as his next friend, brought this suit .against the North Texas Construction Company, a corporation, to recover damages for injuries which were inflicted upon him by a cotton gin operated by the defendant corporation, and which were alleged to have been caused by the negligence of its servants. The plaintiff recovered a judgment which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. To reverse that judgment a writ of error to this court has been applied for and granted.

At the time of the accident the plaintiff was about 8 'years old, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dobbins v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. EdwardsTexas Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Stamford Oil Mill Co. v. BarnesTexas Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Erickson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
  3. Turner v. Durant Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  4. Becerra v. GaribaldoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Galbraith-Foxworth Lumber Co. v. GernethCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933

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