Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Perry
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. J. L. Camp.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Chief Justice.
The verdict ivas in favor of appellees Rose Perry, the widow of Joseph A. Perry, for $7,000, and of his two children, Pearl and Florence for $4,000 each.
The ground upon which appellees sought in the amended petition to recover damages, and the sole ground for recovery submitted was negligence of the employes on a hand car in failing to do what should have been done to stop the hand car upon an order by the foreman to stop same. The injured party in this case was the foreman himself.
Evidence in the case shows that the hand car was returning late in the afternoon to Glidden…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. HowardTexas Supreme Court · 1904
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