Legal Opinion

Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Cody

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 1899No. Application No. 2214PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The railway company appealed from a judgment recovered against it in the trial court, and on affirmance applied for a writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

Having held in the case of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company v. Jackson, recently decided, that under onr present law the trial judge, in a case tried with a jury, is bound to submit it upon special issues when requested to do so by a party to the suit, we granted a motion for a rehearing of the application in the present case upon the ground that in the trial of the cause the court had refused, upon request of the defendant, so to submit the issues.

The transcript having been returned to us, we find upon inspection that there appears therein a…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Texarkana & Ft. S. Ry. Co. v. CaseyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  2. Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. GallowayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Gulf, T. & W. Ry. Co. v. CulverCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Gordon Jones Const. Co. v. LopezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  5. Shaw v. GarrisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915

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