Legal Opinion
Burlington Northern Railroad v. Southwestern Electric Power Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 16, 1996No. 06-95-00024-CVPublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLEIL, Justice.
Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Burlington) appeals a judgment entered in favor of Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) following a jury trial. Burlington challenges the trial court’s submission of certain jury questions, entry of a declaratory judgment, and award of attorney’s fees. SWEPCO raises two conditional cross-points of error challenging certain evi-dentiary rulings made by the trial court for our consideration only in the event we decide to reverse the judgment. We sustain each of Burlington’s points of error, overrule SWEP-CO’s cross-points, and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by68 opinions
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