Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Bell
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Guadalupe County. This suit was. brought against the Railway Co. by Bell and wife for injuries received by the latter while a passenger on defendant’s train. The plaintiffs recovered and the judgment was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
Read the full summary
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Guadalupe County. This suit was. brought against the Railway Co. by Bell and wife for injuries received by the latter while a passenger on defendant’s train. The plaintiffs recovered and the judgment was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error. The case was referred to the Commission of Appeals, Section B, where an opinion was pronounced recommending affirmance; but this opinion was afterwards withdrawn and the ease set down for hearing in the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
Eliza Bell, while a passenger in a coach for negroes upon a train of the railway company, was injured by being shot during an altercation between Louis Willis and Willie Banks, two other negro passengers in the same coach. The suit was for damages on account of the injury.
Willis was drunk and had been making trouble in the car, cursing, and generally conducting himself in a way offensive to the other passengers. He became insulting toward Willie Dibrell, a negress, a friend of Banks, and finally sat down in her lap. Banks remonstrated with him and requested him to desist from annoying Willie…
2Cited by30 opinions
- Wells v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. BlackTexas Supreme Court · 1953
- Texas Utilities Co. v. WestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
- Greenville Nat. Exchange Bank v. NussbaumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Payne v. RobeyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.