Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Benjamin
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Harrison County. Benjamin sued the Express Co. and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of 'error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yantis
W. S. Benjamin, the defendant in error, recovered a judgment against Wells, Fargo & Company, plaintiff in error, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in October, 1911, while he was on the platform of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, at its passenger station at Marshall, Texas, where he had gone to malee inquiry at the ticket office about passenger rates covering a trip which he had in contemplation. White on the platform, a box fell from one of the plaintiff in error’s loaded trucks, and struck him in the right temple, from which his injuries are alleged to have resulted.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ShiederTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. RogersTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ManghamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1902
- Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. KelleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ByasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
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