Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Murphy
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. M. D. Ector. This suit was brought by James Murphy, to recover $20,000 damages, alleged to be due on account of the negligence and gross misconduct of the conductor on a jiassenger train of the Southern Pacific Bailroad Company.
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Appeal from Harrison. Tried below before the Hon. M. D. Ector. This suit was brought by James Murphy, to recover $20,000 damages, alleged to be due on account of the negligence and gross misconduct of the conductor on a jiassenger train of the Southern Pacific Bailroad Company. The petition alleged, that plaintiff had a ticket from Jonesville to Halls-ville, on the company’s line; that on the 26th day of May, 1871, he was waiting for the train at Jonesville when it arrived; that during its stoppage he was at a convenient distance from the train, waiting for the signal to he given to start;…
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
The appellee brought a suit in 1871 against the Southern Pacific Bailroad Company, for damages, for an injury to Ms person by the negligence and misconduct of the conductor of one of its trams, in running the same upon the road; and diming the pendency of the suit, alleged in an amended petition, that the Southern Pacific Bailroad Company and the Texas and Pacific Bailway Company had been consolidated, and that said latter company was liable for the said damages. It was proved on the trial by Hall, who had been vice president of the former company, that the…
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