Int. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Ormond
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. Jas. J. Perkins. This case was reported in 60 Tex., 180 et seq. Mary Ormond, for the benefit of herself and minor son, brought this suit against the I. & G. N. R’y Co. and R. S. Hays, who was its receiver by appointment of the United States circuit court, to recover damages for the death of her husband, James Ormond.
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Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. Jas. J. Perkins. This case was reported in 60 Tex., 180 et seq. Mary Ormond, for the benefit of herself and minor son, brought this suit against the I. & G. N. R’y Co. and R. S. Hays, who was its receiver by appointment of the United States circuit court, to recover damages for the death of her husband, James Ormond. His death is alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the servants of the receiver, Hays, while a passenger on the train of the railway company. The appellant, R. S. Hays, as receiver, pleaded in defense: 1st. That at the…
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.
This suit was before this court on a former appeal. Ormond v. Hayes, 60 Tex., 180.
It was then reversed and remanded, and a new trial had in the district court.
Since this last trial was had, being the one now under consideration, this court has had occasion to pass upon several of the questions that were raised in this case.
These matters were much considered in the case of Ryan v. Hays et al., decided at the Austin term, 1884 (ante, p. 42).
The rules were there laid down as to the liability of the receiver *277to the railroad corporation, in cases like the one now under…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ormond v. HayesTexas Supreme Court · 1883
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