Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1903No. 1195PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, upon error from Colorado County. Ardella Hicks brought suit against the railway company, prosecuted writ of error from a judgment for defendant, and on its affirmance obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff in error brought this suit to recover damages for the death of her minor son, Ellis Hicks. She alleged, that, while Ellis Hicks was traveling as a passenger on one. of the defendant’s trains, its “employes in charge of and managing said train and coach upon which Ellis Hicks had taken passage negligently managed said train and cars and the locomotive pulling them and negligently and recklessly jerked and jolted the coach in which said Ellis was a passenger, in a violent and unsuual manner, causing it to lurch back and forward with such force and violence…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1898
  2. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. DyerTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Kottwitz v. BagbyTexas Supreme Court · 1856
  4. Texas & P. R'y Co. v. KirkTexas Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Trinity & B. v. Ry. Co. v. GearyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  2. Wilson Hydraulic Casing Pulling MacH. Co. v. JamesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. International & Great Northern Railroad v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
  4. Hopkins v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  5. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. CollinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903

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