East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. Scott
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from Marion. Tried below before Hon. John L. Sheppard. This is a second appeal. The case is stated in the report on the first appeal, 72 Texas, 70, and in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff was injured in a wreck on the defendant railroad. He instituted suit for damages in the District Court. Afterwards that suit was compromised and dismissed, the defendant paying him a sum of money.
On the 10th day of November, 1886, plaintiff filed his original petition in this suit, in which he alleged that by the terms of the compromise of the first suit, in addition to the money consideration paid to him, defendant agreed and promised that it would thereafter, when plaintiff should ask for and accept service and employment from it as a locomotive engineer…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- East Line & Red River Railroad v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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