Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Gross
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Harris County. Tried below before Hon. Chas. E. Ashe.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, Chief Justice.
The amended original petition on which the case was tried alleged in substance that Corley Gross, for whose death damages are sought, left no widow or children; that plaintiffs (appellees) are his parents; that said Corley Gross was in the employ of defendants, the Texas & Hew Orleans R. R. Co. and the Louisiana-Western R. R. Co., as locomotive fireman, the former operating' a line from Houston, Texas, to Echo, Texas, and the latter a line from Echo to Lafayette, La.; that said companies operated their lines jointly, so that deceased was required to operate engines over…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. GeigerTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
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- Cunningham v. PattersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
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