Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Coker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Grayson County; B. L. Jones, Judge. Action by J. W. Coker against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant named appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBookhout, J.
On August 31, 1909, J. W. Coker, as plaintiff, filed suit in the Fifteenth judicial district court of Grayson county, Tex, against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio and the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Companies, as defendants, to recover damages on account of personal injuries received by him while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains on September 2, 1907, between Galveston and Houston. While upon said train as a passenger, as aforesaid, he charges that on account of the gross negligence of the defendant his train was caused to collide with another train, causing him to be…
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