Legal Opinion

Houston & Great Northern Railroad v. Miller

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1879PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Masterson.

1Opinion of the Court

Bonner, Associate Justice.

This suit involves the question of the liability of the master at the suit of an employé, who was a minor, for damages sustained by reason of the alleged negligence of a fellow-servant; the liability of the master to the father of the minor, who was employed without-the consent of the father, having been considered by this-court in a branch of this same ease. (Railroad Co. v. Miller, 49 Tex., 322.)

*274Since the trial of the cause below, it has become the settled law of this court, in accordance with the well-established line of decisions in Great Britain and in this…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. GladmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Co. v. HarneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
  3. H. & G. N. R. R. Co. v. MillerTexas Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Gartland v. Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Robinson v. H. & T. Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Sax v. VottelerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Evans v. MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Stout v. Grand Prairie Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1987
  4. Rosenkranz v. Lindell Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  5. Brazil & Chicago Coal Co. v. CainIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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