Gulf, T. & W. Ry. Co. v. Dickey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Baylor County ; J. A. P. Dickson, Judge. Action by Maryland Dickey, by bis next friend, against the Gulf, Texas & Western Bailway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
William Dickey, as next friend to his minor son, Maryland Dickey, filed this suit against the Gulf, Texas & Western Bail-way Company to recover damages for injuries received by the minor while' in the engine cab of one of defendant’s railway locomotives through the escape of steam resulting in a permanent impairment of his capacities. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in the sum of $1,500, from which the defendant appeals.
The undisputed facts show that appellee Maryland Dickey was a child eight years of age, and, together with another child, his half-brother, was in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gulf, T. & W. Ry. Co. v. DickeyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
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