Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Coon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. The verdict in this case rendered for appellee was for ten thousand dollars damages.. The court having suggested that three thousand be remitted, the same was done, and appellant’s motion for new trial based, among other things, on the ground that the verdict was excessive, was overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
Collard, Judge.
This suit grows out of a wreck that oc- " curred on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway on the twenty-second of April, 1884, north of Rosenberg, near Kinney. The wreck occurred at a curve in the road while the passenger train was going north. Two coaches left the track, and the one in which the plaintiff was riding rolled down the embankment, breaking or fracturing two of his ribs, bruising his hip so that risings were caused, and injuring his knee cap, crushing a part of it. At the time of the trial plaintiff had recovered from all the injuries except his knee, where there…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wentworth v. CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1853
- Klutts v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1882
3Cited by15 opinions
- Bennett v. BennettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- T. N. O. R. R. Co. v. SyfanTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Tunnel Mining and Leasing Co. v. CooperSupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HoffmanTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.