Legal Opinion

Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cole

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 29, 1886No. Case No. 2075PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from Cass. Tried below before the Hon. W. P. McLean. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

Willie, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Cole, wife of the appellee, boarded a train of appellant at Queen City, a station on the Texas & Pacific railroad, having a ticket entitling her to be carried to Galloway, another station on the same road, and to be there delivered in safety. Mrs. Cole carried an infant in her arms, and was accompanied by her husband’s brother and by her stepdaughter, fourteen years of age. The conductor refused to stop the train at Galloway, but carried Mrs. Cole *563and her companions to Wayne, a station two miles beyond Galloway, where they alighted from the train. It was 12 o’clock…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. GilbertTexas Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. RickettsTexas Supreme Court · 1902
  2. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  3. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. MitchellIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
  4. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. EvansTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Avey v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1891

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