Legal Opinion

Bustillos v. Southwestern Portland Cement Co.

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided May 28, 1919No. 54-2755PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Ynocenta Bustillos against the Southwestern Portland Cement Company. Judgment for plaintiff was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals (169 S. W. 638), and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtStrong, J.

This suit was brought by Ynocenta Bustillos to recover damages for the death of her 15 year old son, Fernando Bustillos. Omitting the formal allegations, the petition alleges:

“That the Southwestern Portland Cement Company owned and operated a cement plant adjacent to and northerly of said line of railway just northwesterly of the smelter in the said county of El Paso and state of Texas, and which said cement plant was and is near the point where the said minor child received the injuries from which he died, as will hereinafter more fully appear. That the said cement company was and is now…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Plummer v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  4. Schuster v. L. B. Frendenthal & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Turnbow v. J. E. Bryant Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Renfro Drug Co. v. LewisTexas Supreme Court · 1950
  2. Hernandez v. HeldenfelsTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Texas-Louisiana Power Co. v. DanielsTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Banker v. McLaughlinTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Galveston-Houston Electric Railway Co. v. ReinleTexas Supreme Court · 1924

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