Legal Opinion

Jacksonville Ice Electric Co. v. Moses

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 5, 1911Published

1Opinion of the Court

8224 Writ of error denied by Supreme Court. The appellees are the widow and minor children of S. H. Moses, who was killed in September, 1909, by coming in contact with one of appellant's wires charged with a current of electricity. This suit was instituted by them to recover damages sustained on account of his death. The facts, about which there seems to be no controversy, show that the deceased lived with his family in the suburbs of the town of Jacksonville, Cherokee county, and was employed as a boiler maker or repairer by the Texas New Orleans Railway Company, which maintained a depot at…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. McGlamoryTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. ShiederTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  3. District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShoemakerTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Galveston City Railroad v. HewittTexas Supreme Court · 1887

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