Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. Gericke
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Louis Gericke against the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff .was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (214 S. W. 668), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGallagher, J.
Louis Gericke, defendant in error, brought this suit against the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, and two other corporations, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the service of the railroad company and at work on a bridge belonging to said company which extended over and across Third street in the city of Houston.
The street at this point was about 30 feet wide, with cement walls on either side. The bridge was supported by iron girders, the ends of which rested on the respective cement walls. These girders had a perpendicular thickness of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HannigTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SomersTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Bonnet v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1895
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