Legal Opinion
Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hightower
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 4, 1895No. 732PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
The appellee, Mrs. Hightower, brought this suit against the City of Fort Worth and appellant to recover damages for a personal injury which occurred on the 8th of September, 1893, while walking on the west side of Main street, in the city of Fort Worth. She alleged that the injury was occasioned by her stepping in a hole in the sidewalk of said street and breaking her leg; that the hole into which she stepped was at a point where a number of tracks of the Texas & Pacific Bailway Company crossed the street, and at the immediate-point a ditch four feet wide and three…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Chappell v. WaterworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- East Lake Land Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- P. J. Willis & Brother v. WhitsittTexas Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stephenville, N. & S. T. Ry. Co. v. WheatCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Greer v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1897