Legal Opinion
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Denton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 19, 1902PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Grayson. Tried below before Hon. Bice Maxey.
1Opinion of the Court
BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.
J. C. Denton on the 29th day of May, 1901, filed his petition in the District Court of Grayson County, Texas, against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Bailway Company of Texas to recover damages on account of injuries alleged to have been inflicted on him on the 12th day of November, 1900. He pleaded that he was a passenger on a train northward bound from the city of Sherman to the city of Denison, and that at a point about a mile north of the former city his train, .through the negligence of the defendant, collided with a south-bound freight train and inflicted upon…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Newton v. Emerson, Talcott & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
- Alexander v. BaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Moss v. BoothSupreme Court of Missouri · 1864
- Murphy v. WentworthTexas Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by3 opinions
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