Legal Opinion

Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Ray

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 27, 1916No. 8383PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; R. B. Young, Judge. Action by R. S. Ray against the Magnolia Petroleum Company, the Corsicana Petroleum Company, the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Company, and the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company.

1Opinion of the Court

A tank car was loaded with a mixture of gasoline and naphtha at Electra, Tex., and consigned for shipment to Corsicana, Tex., over the Ft. Worth Denver City Railway to Ft. Worth, and from Ft. Worth to Corsicana over the Houston Texas Central Railway. After reaching Ft. Worth it was delivered to the Houston Texas Central Railway Company at 3:30 o'clock p. m. on the 14th day of March, 1915. A few minutes after 6:30 o'clock p. m. of the same day, R.S. Ray, a car inspector of the Houston Texas Central Railway Company; was directed by Fife, the general yardmaster of the Houston Texas Central…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  3. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Stone v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  5. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WashingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Northern Texas Traction Co. v. ArmourCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  2. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. ClementCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. GillenwaterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  5. Amarillo Traction Co. v. RussellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927

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