Legal Opinion
Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Harris
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 22, 1930No. 12161PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
N. J. Harris was conductor on a freight train of the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, running south into Bridgeport, Wise county. Harris was in the caboose of the train. Just ahead of the caboose was a cattle car. The running hoard or walkway on top of the cattle car is alleged by plaintiff to have been defective. When the engineer whistled for Bridgeport, Harris went out of the caboose towards the front platform. He gathered up his switch list and lantern and told J. E. Chilton, a rear brakeman and the only other person in the caboose, that he intended to go over the train…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Colorado &. S. Ry. Co. v. RoweTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Slayden v. PalmoTexas Supreme Court · 1917
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. CrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- McElwrath v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Reis v. MERTROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICTSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Simpson v. Whitesboro Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Blume v. Shadyacres Inv. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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