Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. Collins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Parmer County; D. B. Hill, Judge. Action by Robert Collins against tbe Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment against the appellant, the Pecos Northern Texas Railway Company, for $5,000, in favor of appellee, Robert Collins. The cause of action alleged and submitted to the jury is in effect:
That appellee was in the employ of appellant, as section foreman, on the 27th day of May, 1912. That appellant shipped, on its line of road in Texas, ties which were to be used by appellee and men under his charge in repairing the road. That before shipping the ties they had been immersed in the chemical solution known and called creosote. That he did not know the full nature…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
- Seale. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
- Jones v. GeorgeTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. PowersTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Matter of CurtissNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Thompson v. QuarlesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Anton v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
- Collins v. Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
- Republic Underwriters v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
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