Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Williams
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District in an appeal from Grayson County. Williams and others sued the railway company and recovered judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, ivho thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The defendants in error (plaintiffs), who are the widow and children of B. L. Williams, recovered the judgment under review against plaintiff in error (defendant) for damages in respect of his death, which occurred while he was in the service of the defendant as locomotive engineer, in this way: As he was passing the station of Peniel in the engine-cab of a freight train, he put his head out of the side window of his cab to see to the working of the injector, which he had just put in operation to force water from the tender into the boiler, when he was struck above the temple near the top of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Galveston City Railroad v. HewittTexas Supreme Court · 1887
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