Cawthorn v. City of Houston
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth Supreme Judicial District. Action by J. H. Cawthorn against the City of Houston. From a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, the plaintiff appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, which affirmed the judgment. (212 S. W. 796), and the plaintiff brings error. Judgments of the district court and Court of Civil
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
This is an action in damages, instituted in the district court of Harris county, Tex., by J. H. Cawthorn against the city of Houston, in which the plaintiff sought judgment in the sum of $30,000 for alleged personal injuries sustained by him on or about June *70213, 1916, as the result of defendant’s negligence. The original petition is copied in full in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, and no useful purpose would be subserved by-recital of details here, especially as they have no important bearing upon the controlling questions on this appeal. Suffice it to say that Cawthorn was an…
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