Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Washington
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wharton County. Tried below before Hon. Wells Thompson.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.
George Washington as next friend of his minor son, James Washington, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries caused said minor by the alleged negligence of appellant.
James Washington was on the 35th day of March, 1896, run over by a train on defendant’s railway in the city of Houston, and his feet and legs were so injured as to require the amputation of both legs below the knee.
The petition alleges that while crossing the public street in the city of Houston the said James Washington stepped upon a rotten plank which the defendant had placed in…
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