Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Pendry
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. This is an action brought in the District Court by E. 0. Pendry, against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company and the Fort Worth Street Railway Company, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the wife of plaintiff, while a passenger on a car of the said street railway company, which car was backed into by a train of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway at a crossing of the…
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. This is an action brought in the District Court by E. 0. Pendry, against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company and the Fort Worth Street Railway Company, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the wife of plaintiff, while a passenger on a car of the said street railway company, which car was backed into by a train of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway at a crossing of the two railway tracks in the city of Fort Worth. It was charged that the collision was caused by the concurrent negligence…
1Opinion of the Court
DERMAR, Associate Justice.
April 10, 1889, Mrs. Pendry, wife of E. C. Pendry, was a passenger on one of the street cars of the Fort Worth Street Railway Company, travelling along Belknap street, of said city, in the direction of the intersection of said street with the track of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, and at the same time a train of flat cars was, by one of the engines of said railroad company, being backed over its said track toward said intersection. A collision ensued, in which Mrs. Pendry was injured; and this suit was brought by her husband, E. C. Pendry, against…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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