Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Lee
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Lee and wife sued the railway company and had judgment. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brown
A. T. Lee and his wife, Lodia Sneed Lee, lived at the town of Jennings, in Louisiana, which was on the line of the Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Eailroad and Steamship Company, Louisiana Western Eailroad Company. Mrs. Lee desired to visit Austin, Texas, and, on the 22d day of December, 1907, her husband, A. T. Lee, went to the ticket office of the railroad company at the above named place to buy for her a round trip ticket. She was to start on the morning of the 23d of December from that depot. Lee made a purchase of the ticket from H. L. Davis the agent of the railroad company at that place and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boling v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
- International & Great Northern Railroad v. BestTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. HenryTexas Supreme Court · 1892
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