Legal Opinion

Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Bingle

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 1897No. Motion No. 521PublishedCited by 54 opinions

Application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First -District, in an appeal from Liberty County.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

The main question presented in the application in this case is one upon which there is a great conflict of authority, and which it would seem has never been quite definitely settled in this court. It has been before the court on more than one occasion and its difficulty has been recognized. Therefore, before we passed upon the application in this case, we examined the question with great care and reviewed the authorities,—with the result that we were of opinion that the Court of Civil Appeals did not err in its disposition of the case.

However, counsel for the applicant…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dolner v. The MonticelloU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1870
  2. Ford v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  3. Keegan v. KavanaughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  4. Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. BingleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895

3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Taylor v. WhiteTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  2. Virginia & North Carolina Wheel Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  3. Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railway Co. v. HodnettTexas Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Hilje v. HettichTexas Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Houston T. C. R. Co. v. LongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920

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