International & Great Northern Railroad v. Newburn
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Anderson County. Newburn sued the railroad company for damages for injuries to the person, and obtained judgment. The defendant appealed, and on the judgment being affirmed obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This writ of error was granted because we thought there was error in the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals in affirming the refusal of the trial court to grant a continuance of the case. The plaintiff claimed that his injuries were received while he and his fellow members of a section gang were attempting to lift from the track, out of the way of a rapidly approaching train, a hand car of which they had charge, through the act of one of his companions, influenced by fright caused by the negligence of the trainmen in approaching so close without warning, in…
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