Houston & T. C. Ry. Co. v. Roberts
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Chas. E. Ashe, Judge. Suit by Mary Boberts and others against the Houston & Texas Central Kailway Company and others. From judgment against the named defendant, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGbayes, J.
An admittedly correct general statement of this case is thus made: Benjamin Boberts, a negro boy about 10 years old, lost his right arm under the wheels of a car of a moving freight train, and brought this suit by Isaac Boberts and Mary Boberts, his father and mother, as next friends, against the Houston & Texas Central Bailway Company, the Texas & New Orleans Eailroad Company, and the Galveston, Harrisburg & 'San Antonio Kailway Company, to recover therefor, laying his damages at §20,000. In the same suit his parents sought a recovery on their own behalf for the loss of the earnings and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. MageeTexas Supreme Court · 1899
- Cook v. Houston Direct Navigation Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ShifletTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Evansich v. G., C. & S. F. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1882
- North Texas Construction Co. v. BostickTexas Supreme Court · 1904
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