Culpepper v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Smith County. Alice Culpepper brought suit and obtained judgment against defendant company, for the death of her husband, an engineer in its employ. On defendant’s appeal the judgment was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals, and she obtained writ of error on the ground that the ruling practically settled the case.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the plaintiff in error, for the benefit of herself and her minor children, against defendant in error, to recover damages for injuries resulting in the death of J. J. Culpepper, her husband and the father of her children. She recovered a judgment in the trial court, but upon appeal that judgment was reversed and the cause remanded by the Court of Civil Appeals. The latter court held that the trial judge should have instructed a verdict fm the defendant. It was alleged in the petition for the unit of error, that the decision of the Court of Civil…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
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