Legal Opinion
Pisano v. Texas N. O. R. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 2, 1937No. 10514PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAVES, Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Sixty-First district court of Harris county, entered upon a jury’s verdict in favor of the railroad company that had been instructed by the trial court at the conclusion of plaintiff in error’s evidence-, in his own behalf, whereby he had sought damages for the alleged negligent infliction by the defendant in error of personal injuries upon him.
The ground upon which the peremptory instruction had been given was that the cause was governed by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., and that such evidence conclusively…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Railway Co. v. SealeSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Bonnet v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1895
- Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company v. SlavinSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- New York, N. H. & H. R. v. VizvariCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Thompson v. GrahamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Fort Worth & R. G. Ry. Co. v. PickensCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Robertson v. Texas N. O. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939