Legal Opinion

El Paso & Southwestern Railway Co. v. Smith

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 25, 1908PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Goggin.

1Opinion of the Court

This suit was brought by the appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted by the negligence of the defendant.

The plaintiff alleged in his petition that on the 27th day of June, 1903, he was in the employ of the defendant company as a carpenter and car repairer in its shops and yards in the city of Douglas, Territory of Arizona; that extending from and connected by a switch with other tracks in the yard, was a track running into appellant's shops, called the "rip" or "repair" track, upon which disabled cars, or such as needed repairing,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. DanielsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. McCabe v. San Antonio Traction Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  4. Walker v. CaradineTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Wehner & White v. LagerfeltCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Fort Worth Elevators Co. v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Morton Salt Co. v. WellsTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Capitol Hotel Co. v. RittenberryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  4. Early-Foster Co. v. Mid-Tex Oil MillsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Hall v. BirchfieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986

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