Legal Opinion
Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Juneman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1895No. 397PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court: of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
Minnie Juneman, the plaintiff, brought her action for damages against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. She alleged that the defendant company was engaged on the 20th of April, 1898, in transporting large numbers of wild cattle. On that day she was walking in the city of Ft Worth, Tex., on a public street crossing the track of the railroad. While on the right of way, she was attacked by a vicious and dangerous steer, which the employés of the defendant company had, in a negligent and careless manner, permitted to escape from a car of wild cattle, and to run at large.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Burton v. G., H. & S. A. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1884
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. KernanTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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