Legal Opinion
Colorado &. S. Ry. Co. v. Rowe
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1922No. 292-3555PublishedCited by 94 opinions
Appeal from Court of Civil Appeals of Seventh Supreme Judicial District. Action by Ada Rowe against Colorado & Southern Railway Company. In a former trial, after a peremptory instruction for defendant, the cause was reversed and remanded by the Court of Civil' Appeals. Erom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, where the. judgment was affirmed (224 S. W. 928), and from this judgment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHamilton, J.
We adopt the statement. of the case made by the Court of Civil Appeals, as follows:
“Appellee, as administratrix, and for the benefit of herself and two minor children, brought this suit against tl^e Colorado & Southern Railway Company and the Eort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, to recover damages under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665) for the death of her husband, Edgar Rowe. The said railway companies were sued as partners, but there was a peremptory instruction for the Eort Worth & Denver City Railway Company; and, as no question arises in connection…
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- Atchison, T. & S. F. R. v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
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