Legal Opinion
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Pierce
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 14, 1894No. 397PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Denton.
1Opinion of the Court
TARLTON, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment awarding a recovery to the appellee against the appellant of the sum of $6000, as damages sustained on account of personal injuries. It is deemed proper to insert from the appellant’s brief the substance of the plaintiff’s original petition, as follows:
“That while in the service of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company as a passenger conductor, and while in the discharge of his duties as such employe in charge of the north-bound passenger train at Wynnewood, in the Indian Territory, in order to escape from impending danger from a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Int. & G. N. R. R. v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 1882
- Sargent v. CarnesTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Houston & T. C. R'y Co. v. BoehmTexas Supreme Court · 1882
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. PierceTexas Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by2 opinions
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