Legal Opinion
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Purdy
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 6, 1905No. 1410PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Cooke County. Purdy sued the railway company and recovered a judgment for damages. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The following statement is copied from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:
“Appellee, a head brakeman on one of appellant’s freight trains, was injured in the yards at Denison, Texas, March 2. 1902. The train had just come into the yards from South McAlister, entering on track Ho. 5 about 10 or 11 o’clock at night, and in backing out on track Ho. 6: which was next to 5, the engine, which had been cut loose from the rest of the train and on which he was riding, collided with some coal cars standing on that track, and in the collision appellee was knocked off and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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