St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. White
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Bowie County. White sued the railway company and obtained judgment. Defendant appealed and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
In February, 1902, J.F. White, with his wife and two children, resided in Bowie County, Texas, near Maude, a station on the railroad of the plaintiff in error. There was no other railroad at that place. Desiring to remove with his family to Jasper County, Texas, near Kirbyville, White applied to the agent of the plaintiff in error for information as to the best route, telling him at the time that his wife was pregnant and in delicate health and he wished that way which would consume the least time and require the fewest number of changes. The agent told White that the best route was by Tyler…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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