Legal Opinion

Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. Shetter

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 3, 1900No. 943PublishedCited by 82 opinions

Certificate of dissent from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Clay County. Shetter sued the railway company and recovered. On defendant’s appeal the judgment was reversed. Hunter, J., dissenting, and the point of dissent, pending a motion for rehearing, was certified to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District reversed the judgment of the District Court and remanded the cause for a new trial, one of the justices dissenting from the decision of the majority, and upon motion for rehearing, the point upon which the disagreement arose has been certified to this court for decision; and the question submitted is, “whether or not there was any evidence tending to show negligence on the part of appellant after discovering appellee’s danger, so as to warrant the submission of that issue to the jury, as will more fully appear in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. StaggsTexas Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by82 opinions

  1. Ford v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. PriceTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  3. Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. BrannenTexas Commission of Appeals · 1942
  4. Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. BrannenTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Wilson v. Southern Traction Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1921

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