Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Kurtz
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Kinney County; W. O. Douglas, Judge. Action by D. M. Kurtz against the Galveston, Houston & San Antonio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJames, C. J.
This action was for damages for personal injury alleged to have been received by appellee, a brakeman, from a fall caused by the breaking of a handhold on a car alleged to have been insecurely fastened and defective. Appellant urged special exceptions to the petition, general denial, and pleas of assumed risk and contributory negligence. There was a verdict for plaintiff for $22,500, reduced by remitti-tur to $20,000 by requirement of the trial court.
The first assignment of error is that the court erred in not giving a peremptory instruction for defendant, and the second complains of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Delk v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. CullersTexas Supreme Court · 1891
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- Henry H. Cross Co. v. Texhoma Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
- Guerra v. San Antonio Sewer Pipe Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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