Legal Opinion

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Saunders

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 8, 1908No. 1777PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Fannin County. Saunders sued the railway company and had judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

delivered! the opinion of. the court.

Defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, was struck by an engine of the plaintiff in error at the town of Trenton and recovered the judgment now before us for the injuries thereby inflicted. Two dirt roads cross the track of .the defendant, one one hundred and fifty or two hundred yards south, and the other some distance north of the station. ' On the morning when he was hurt, the plaintiff drove some cattle out of' a field southeast 'of the crossing to the south of the station. The animals passed the track going west and went- north upon the right of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShoemakerTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. O'DonnellTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  3. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. GrayTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. NixonTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. TaffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Carter v. William Sommerville and Son, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Perry v. S.N.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
  3. East Texas Motor Freight Lines v. LoftisTexas Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. LonginoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
  5. Continental Oil Co. v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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