Legal Opinion

St. Louis & S. F. R. v. Matlock

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 2, 1911PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Grayson County; B. L. Jones, Judge. Action by Rains Matlock against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.

On March 22, 1910, appel-lee instituted this suit against appellant, alleging that appellee was a citizen of the state of Oklahoma; that appellant was a citizen of the state of Missouri; that appellant was engaged in operating lines of railway extending through the states of Oklahoma and Texas over which it operates freight and passenger trains; that on the 27th day of December, 1909, appellee was in the employ of appellant as a railway brakeman ; that while in the performance of his duties as such, and while coupling cars at Weleetka, Okl., by reason of the negligence of appellant’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of Galveston v. DevlinTexas Supreme Court · 1892
  2. White v. WadlingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. GoodrichCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  2. Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. HaleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
  3. St. Louis, S. F. & T. Ry. Co. v. GeerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Artesian Belt Ry. Co. v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Linton v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971

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