Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Co. v. Robertson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Maggie M. Robertson and another sued the railway company and obtained judgment. Defendant appealed and the recovery was affirmed by a divided court, Judge Dunklin dissenting. Thereupon appellant obtained writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Maggie M. Robertson and another sued the railway company and obtained judgment. Defendant appealed and the recovery was affirmed by a divided court, Judge Dunklin dissenting. Thereupon appellant obtained writ of error. The opinion of the majority of the Court of Civil Appeals and the dissenting opinion are here published, together with that of the Supreme Court, approving the dissenting opinion.
1Opinion of the Court 1
The opinion of the majority of the Court of Civil Appeals and the dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Dunklin will be reported along with this and will show the nature of the case and of the question which controls its decision. It is unnecessary for us to say more than that we agree with the dissenting opinion which we regard as correctly stating the law. This conclusion leads to a reversal of the judgment in favor of Mrs. Robertson and a rendition of judgment that she take nothing.
In an argument in this court the point is made by the plaintiff in error that the judgment in favor of Annie…
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