Legal Opinion

Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Conley

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1924No. 3739PublishedCited by 166 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cureton

This ease is here by writ of error from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Ninth District. A full statement of the case may be found in the opinions of the Court of Civil Appeals, 236 S. W., 521, and the Commission of Appeals, 252 S. W., 737.

Mrs. Conley, one of the defendants in error, a passenger on plaintiff in error’s train, not having alighted at her station, was carried a short distance beyond, and injured.

The case was tried on a general charge in which the jury was instructed, in part, as follows: “A carrier of passengers is required to exercise the greatest degree of care which can be…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. KeelingTexas Supreme Court · 1909
  2. International & Great Northern Railroad v. HallorenTexas Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  4. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. WelchTexas Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Mexican Central Railway Co. v. LauricellaTexas Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by166 opinions

  1. Robertson & Mueller v. HoldenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  2. Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. BankstonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  3. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. EctorTexas Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Edwards v. GiffordTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. SturgeonTexas Supreme Court · 1944

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