Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Wise
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District in an appeal from Grayson County. The railway company appealed from a judgment recovered against it hy Wise, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
Defendant in error, while in the service of plaintiff in error as brakeman, was hurt near Gibson in the Indian Territory on the 20th day of July, 1904, and afterwards brought this action and recovered the judgment now before us in Grayson County, Texas, for damages, on the ground that his injuries were caused by the negligence of the railway company. The evidence is sufficient to sustain his allegations that, in the proper discharge of his duties, he stood upon the step of the pilot of the engine drawing the train upon which he was acting as brakeman and, while riding.there in order to be in…
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- Robinson & Co. v. BeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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