Legal Opinion
McAdoo v. McClure
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 12, 1921No. 682PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Ewing Boyd, Judge. Action by Mary McClure and another against W. G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, Edward S. Boyles, receiver of the Houston Transfer Company, and others. The action was dismissed as to defendants other than Walker D. Hines, Director General, and Edward S. Boyles, receiver. Judgment was rendered for plaintiffs against such defendants, and they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
We take the following statement of the case from appellants’ brief:
“This (by plaintiffs’ amended petition) was an action filed by Mrs. Mary McClure and husband against Walker D. Hines, Director General, operating International & Great Northern Railway, against James A. Baker, receiver of I. & G. N. Railway, against Walker D. Hines, Director General, operating the Texas & New Orleans Railway, and against Edward S. Boyles, receiver of Houston Transfer Company, claiming that on July 27, 1918, the horses attached to the bus of the Houston Transfer Company ran away with said bus at the depot of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brackenridge v. Claridge & PayneTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. LooneyTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Harris v. HoweTexas Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Boyles v. McClureTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Interstate Casualty Co. of Birmingham v. HoganCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Wichita Falls Traction Co. v. CraigCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Northern Texas Traction Co. v. WoodallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Denison v. Darden Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1929