Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Miller
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Cooke County. Miller sued the railway company and had j'udgment, which was affirmed on defendant’s appeal. Appellant then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, was hurt upon the track and within the switch limits of the plaintiff in error, defendant below, at Dougherty, I. T., by an engine which was owned by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company and was operated by its employes over the tracks of the defendant. By the judgment now before us for revision the defendant was held liable for the injury, the trial court having instructed the jury that the fact that the engine was owned,by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Company and was operated by its servants would not…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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