Legal Opinion

Blankenship v. City of Sherman

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 14, 1903PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Grayson. Tried below before Hon. Bice Maxey.

1Opinion of the Court

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by J. B. Blankenship against the city of Sherman to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him in being run over by one of defendant’s hose carts. The defendant interposed a general and special demurrer to the petition which were by the trial court sustained, and from a judgment dismissing the cause plaintiff appealed.

Error is assigned to the action of the court in sustaining defendant’s general demurrer and dismissing the case.

The petition alleges: “That said charter gives said city the right to pass…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smith v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1879

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Foster v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Texas-Louisiana Power Co. v. City of FarmersvilleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
  3. Pearce v. HallumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  4. McVey v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  5. Hooper v. City of ChildressCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931

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