Legal Opinion

Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. De Bord

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 2, 1912PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Potter County ; J. N. Browning, Judge. Action by Rolla De Bord against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

Appellee filed this suit in the district court of Potter county for the recovery of damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been received by him while in appellant’s employ. The substance of his allegations is that on the 23d day of December, 1908, while in the performance of his duties as brakeman on appellant’s line of road, and while assisting in placing a box car on the coal chute at McLean, he was caught and crushed between the tender of the engine and the coal bin, and that such injury resulted from the negligence of the defendant in building said coal chute and bin too…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. LehmbergCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  2. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. SnowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Producers' Oil Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Southern Traction Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. FinkleaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Traders & General Ins. Co. v. ChildersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
  5. Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co. v. DeBordTexas Supreme Court · 1917

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