Legal Opinion
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Shiflet
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1904No. 1342PublishedCited by 25 opinions
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Henderson County. The ruling of the Supreme Court on questions previously certified on this appeal is reported ante, page 102.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This is a certified question. The statement and questions are as follows:
“1. Appellees sued tlie railway company, appellant, to recover damages alleged to have' resulted to them from the death of their minor ■son, Thomas, through the alleged negligence of appellant’s employes. Defendant plead contributory negligence of Thomas Shiflet, the minor ■son. Judgment was rendered for appellees. The case has been tried four times in the District Court. This is the third time it has been before the Courts of Civil Appeals, and once passed upon by the Supreme Court, 94 Texas, 131.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ShifletTexas Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by25 opinions
- Rudes v. GottschalkTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- St. Louis, S. F. T. Ry. Co. v. WestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Baker v. LoftinTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
- Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. BroomheadCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Co. v. FrugiaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
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