Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Criswell
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from. Hunt County. Criswell sued the railway company for personal injuries to his wife, a passenger disembarking from its train. Plaintiff had judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
On the 13th day of June, 1900, the Sherman, Shreveport & Southern Railway Company operated a line of road in Hunt County which ran from Greenville, by a town called Floyd in that county, and maintained a passenger depot at. the town of Floyd. Since that time the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas purchased that railroad, and, by the terms of the law under which it made the purchase, is liable in this case for whatever damages might be recovered against the former company.
At Floyd the railroad track runs east and west and the depot building was built north of the railroad track…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Beard v. Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers R. R.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1875
- Collins v. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Cazneau v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Lemon v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1904
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