Denison & Sherman Railway Co. v. Carter
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Grayson County. Carter sued the railway company and recovered a judgment for damages for personal injury, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This writ of error is prosecuted by the railway company from a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District affirming a judgment of the District Court against plaintiff in error in favor of Carter, suing by next friend, for damages for personal injuries caused by his being run over by one of the plaintiff in error’s electric street cars in the city of Denison. At the time of the occurrence Carter was 10 years old, and the version of it given by him and his companions is that when the car, which was under the exclusive control of one Pratt, the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Barney v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
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- Cook v. Houston Direct Navigation Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890
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