Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Brownsville Navigation District
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 22, 1970No. B-1848PublishedCited by 282 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Justice.
The question in this case is sovereign immunity from suit. Uncie Wells, a brakeman for Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, lost his life as the result of an accident that occurred on December 22, 1967. His statutory beneficiaries sued MoPac and Lallier & Co. for damages, claiming that the death of Wells was proximately caused by defendants’ negligence. According to the allegations of the petition, Wells was knocked from a ladder on the train by a crane that was owned by Lallier & Co. and that had been left too near the track over which the train was moving.
MoPac filed a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Walsh v. University of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
- Hamilton County v. GarrettTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Brownsville Navigation DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
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