Legal Opinion

Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Co. v. Burton

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 19, 1942No. 5374PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOLLEY, Justice.

This is a damage suit brought against the appellant, Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company, by the appellees, Leota Myrtle Burton, administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Chester E. Burton, and Emma Jane Griggs, adminis-tratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Martin Van Burén Griggs. The suit was originally two suits filed separately by the appellees but the trial court consolidated them upon the motion of the appellant without objection by the appellees. Thereafter in a single petition the appel-lees joined together their claims against the appellant…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. KoskeSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. MoserSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Southland Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. CottenTexas Supreme Court · 1936

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Gill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  2. Phoenix Refining Co. v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  3. Bolstad v. EglesonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
  4. Goree v. HansenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
  5. Thompson v. GibsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956

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