Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Gaddis
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District. Action by Nancy Gaddis and - others against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Company. A judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (166 S. W. 124), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McCLENDON, j.
This case is brought to the Supreme Court upon writ of error by defendant to review a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, Second District (166 S. W. 124), affirming a judgment of the district court of Tarrant county in favor of plaintiffs in an action to recover for the death of Jack Gaddis, who was killed about 9:30 o’clock p. m., December 28, 1911, at Elizabeth street crossing in the city of Ft. Worth by one of defendant’s passenger trains.
The sole question presented for our decision is whether Gaddis was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.
The evidence is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BatsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
- Emery v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Balt. & Ohio R. v. ColvinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Gulp, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. WagleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Sink'sSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
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- Rio Grande, E. P. & S. F. R. v. DupreeTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
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