Legal Opinion

International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sein

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 19, 1894No. 199PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar. The facts appear in Railway v. Sallie Neff, ante, p. 303.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The facts in this case are the same as in International & Great Northern Railroad Company v. Sallie Neff et al., decided this day. The charges given and refused were the same, and the same questions have been presented in each case.

The court in its charge failed to submit to the jury the question of contributory negligence on the part of Louis Sein, and the defendant asked appropriate instructions presenting that issue, which the court refused to give to the jury. This was error. For the error committed by the District Court in failing to charge upon contributory…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Bryant v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1898
  3. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. SeinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
  4. Beaty v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Beaty v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1916

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