Schaff v. Mason
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Cass County. Mrs. Mason, on behalf of herself and her children, sued the Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co., Charles E Schaff, Receiver of its property, and W. D. Hines, Director-General of Railroads, for injuries from the death of her husband who was killed by being struck by a train.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Cass County. Mrs. Mason, on behalf of herself and her children, sued the Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co., Charles E Schaff, Receiver of its property, and W. D. Hines, Director-General of Railroads, for injuries from the death of her husband who was killed by being struck by a train. The road, at the time of the injury to deceased, had been taken out of the hands of Schaff who was operating it as receiver, and was then operated by the Government under the Director-General of Railroads. Judgment was recovered in favor of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
Defendants in error recovered a judgment in the District Court against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, and against plaintiffs in error, Charles E. Schaff as receiver of the property of said Railway Company, and W. D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, for damages sustained by them from the death of J. H. Mason, the husband of defendant in error Mrs. Fannie A. Mason and the father of the other defendants in error. The death of J. H. Mason was alleged to have been the proximate result of negligence on the part of employees of the Railway Company, the Receiver and the…
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- Harris v. ShaferTexas Supreme Court · 1893
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- Scalfi Co. v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
- McColpin v. Estate of McColpinTexas Supreme Court · 1903
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