Legal Opinion

Missouri Pacific Railroad v. American Statesman

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 1977No. B-6207Published

1Opinion of the Court

552 S.W.2d 99 (1977)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

AMERICAN STATESMAN, Respondent.

No. B-6207.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 18, 1977.

Rehearing Denied June 22, 1977.

Gresham, Davis, Gregory, Worthy & Moore, Bond Davis and Marshall B. Miller, Jr., San Antonio, for petitioner.

Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Barry K. Bishop, Austin, for respondent.

DANIEL, Justice.

The American Statesman, a newspaper publishing company, filed this suit against Missouri Pacific Railroad Company for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the railroad company in running a boxcar into the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Farley v. MM Cattle CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Biggers v. Continental Bus System, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Missouri Pacific Railroad v. American StatesmanTexas Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Clark v. WaggonerTexas Supreme Court · 1970

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