Legal Opinion · Dissent

Galveston, H. & H. R. Co. v. Anderson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 15, 1920No. 7859Published

1Dissent

The argument of the appellee upon rehearing, although at much greater length than I should myself have written it, so well elaborates my original view on the questions here involved — confirmed as they have been on reconsideration of the cause — that I venture this adoption of it as my further dissenting opinion:

"Was plaintiff's case abated by the act of 1917? If it was, it is wholly immaterial whether the Legislature intended to prohibit railroads from employing children in and about a death-dealing switching yard.
"The opinion of the majority holds that the word `establishment,' as used in…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Mellinger v. City of Houston (Tex. 1-18-1887)Texas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Steamship Co. v. JoliffeSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  3. Turner v. Cross and Eddy, ReceiversTexas Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Edwards v. MortonTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Cain v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1857

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