Legal Opinion
Cruseturner v. International & Great Northern Railroad Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 15, 1905PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Error from the District Court of Hays County. Tried below before Hon. L. W. Moore.
1Opinion of the Court
EIDSON, Associate Justice.
The only question presented by this appeal for our consideration is the sufficiency of the petition of plaintiff in error to show a cause of action against the defendant in error. Said petition, omitting formal allegations, is as follows:
“Third.—That during the month of February, 1903, long prior thereto and continuously since then the defendant was and has been and is now engaged in the business of a common carrier for hire of passengers, livestock and other freight, and for such, -purposes has and does - own and operate a line of railroad through Hays County,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. HorstSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- I. & G. H. R'y Co. v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. IvyTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. DowningCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Taber v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
3Cited by3 opinions
- I. G. N. R. R. Co. v. CruseturnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- International & Great Northern Railroad v. CruseturnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915