Legal Opinion
City of Beaumont v. Silas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 1947No. 4411PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Justice. ■
This is an appeal by the City of Beaumont from a judgment of the district court of Jefferson county in favor of Man-child Silas for damages for personal injuries received by him while working as an employee of said City’s street and bridge department.
On July 1, 1941, appellee Manchild Silas was at work as a laborer in the street and bridge department of appellant City of Beaumont. The gang with which he was working was engaged in laying a new stretch of sewer line on Park street, connecting certain premises there with a main sewer line which served jointly as a storm sewer…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cawthorn v. City of HoustonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- City of Port Arthur v. WallaceTexas Supreme Court · 1943
- City of Waco v. ThrallsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
- City of Waco v. ThrallsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Memphis Cotton Oil Co. v. GardnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Houston v. BushCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Smith v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- McClish v. R. C. Young Feed & Seed Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Bessie Tompkins, and Husband, Charles Henry Tompkins v. The City of El PasoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
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