Collins v. Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh District, in an appeal from Parmer County. Collins sued the Railway Co. and obtained judgment. Appeal by defendant resulted in reversal, 173 S. W., 250. Collins then obtained writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh District, in an appeal from Parmer County. Collins sued the Railway Co. and obtained judgment. Appeal by defendant resulted in reversal, 173 S. W., 250. Collins then obtained writ of error. The ease was referred by the Supreme Court to the Commission of Appeals, Section B. Their opinion, pronounced by Sadler, J., recommended reversal and affirmance of the judgment of the trial court, 212 S. W., 477, and this was made the judgment of the Supreme Court. On motion for rehearing, however, that court rendered an opinion remanding to the Court of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Judge SADLER
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals.
This suit was filed in the District Court of Parmer County by-Robert Collins, to recover damages from the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company, for injuries alleged to have been caused by negligent poisoning while he was acting for the defendant as section foreman in unloading railroad ties recently treated with a mixture known as “creosote.” The negligence is charged to have been the failure of defendant to warn him of the danger of poisoning resulting from contact with the solution.
The findings of the jury, and there is…
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