Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Buch
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Harris County. Buch sued the railway company and recovered judgment, which was affirmed on defendant’s appeal. The company thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
The appellee, a boy ten years of age, sued by next friend to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the servants of the defendant company and obtained a verdict and judgment. This judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals.
The facts as found by the jury and approved by the Court of Civil Appeals as being sustained by. sufficient evidence are, that the plaintiff, as was his habit and that of other boys, ascended the ladder upon a freight car of the company which was attached to a train in motion for the purpose of riding from one point to…
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