Gulf, Texas & Western Railway Co. v. Dickey
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Second District, in an appeal from Baylor County. Maryland Dickey, by next friend, sued the railway company, and recovered. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
This is a companion case to the Gulf, Texas & Western Railway Company v. William Dickey, this day decided, and is the action by Maryland Dickey against the railway company for injuries sustained by him under the circumstances stated in the opinion tiled in the other case,— that being the action brought by his father, the issues in the case being substantially identical with those in the other suit.
In submitting the case for the plaintiff the trial court instructed the jury as follows:
“If you believe from the evidence that Maryland Dickey went into the defendant’s engine with the knowledge and…
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