Legal Opinion

International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Knight

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 5, 1898No. 668PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Walker County.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by the appellee Knight to recover of the appellant company damages accruing to him upon the death of his- son, which was alleged to-have been caused by the negligence of its servants. He recovered a j udgment in the court below, which was affirmed upon appeal by the Court of Civil Appeals. The facts of the case are stated as follows in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals: “The judgment from which this appeal is taken was for $1500 recovered against appellant by appellee as damages sustained by him from the death of his son, Clark Knight, who…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. RogersTexas Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Texas & N. O. Ry. Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  2. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. LimmerTexas Supreme Court · 2009
  3. International & Great Northern Railroad v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1900
  4. Allen v. RiedelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
  5. Wichita Falls & Southern R. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940

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