Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Finn
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Harris County. Finn sued the railway and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error. The opinion on appeal is reported in 107 S. W., 94.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
The defendant in error recovered a judgment against the plaintiff in error for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the servants of the latter. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals and we have granted a writ of error.
The facts of the case are as follows: The plaintiff had occasion to pass between two railroad tracks of the defendant company, which was in common and general use by the public as a passway. As he entered upon the way he looked for trains and discovered a passenger train coming out of the depot in an opposite direction from that in…
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