Legal Opinion

Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Brown

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 11, 1890No. 3050PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from Gregg. Tried below before Hon. Felix J. McCord.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Associate Justice.

—The appellee was a passenger on appellant’s road, and having alighted from the train in the night time, in . attempting to leave the platform fell and received personal injuries, for which he brought this .suit and recovered a judgment. The place of the .■ accident, with its surroundings, is shown by the accompanying diagram. (See next page.)

There were two platforms attached to the station, both north of the track, the lower adjacent thereto and the higher contiguous to and north ■ of the lower. Upon the higher the company’s waiting room, offices, and ware room were…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Atwood v. WeltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1828

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1899
  2. Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. StephensCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. BurkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Oar v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. Berger v. KirbyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911

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