Legal Opinion

International & G. N. R. R. v. Kindred

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1882No. Case No. 1280PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. Peyton F. Edwards. The opinion contains a very full statement of the record.

1Opinion of the Court

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by Martha Kindred against the International & Great Northern Eailroad Company and its lessee, the Missouri Pacific Eailroad Company, to recover damages alleged to have resulted to her by the killing of her son, John Kindred, which she alleged occurred through the negligence of the appellants, in that they did not keep the train in good repair upon which her son was employed as conductor. The special defect in a car, from which the injury resulted, was set out, and a knowledge of such defect by the appellants alleged.

The defense consisted of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. O'Mara v. . Hudson River R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
  2. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. DunhamTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Murphy v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
  4. Atkinson v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1869
  5. In re the Freeholders to compel the Commissioners of Highways of the Towns of Allegany & CarroltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1874

3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Sanchez v. SchindlerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Munro v. Pacific Coast Dredging & Reclamation Co.California Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Gainesville, Henrietta & Western Railway Co. v. LacyTexas Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Texas Indemnity Ins. Co. v. ArantCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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