Legal Opinion
Dowling v. Texas & N. O. R.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 8, 1935No. 10068PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRATES, Justice.
The appellant as an employee of the ap-pellee (one of the railroads composing the Southern Pacific Lines), who had been retired under its rules after reaching the age of 70 years, sought in this action to compel the railroad company to pay him a pension as one who had been continuously employed by it for more than 20 years within the meaning of the rules and regulations governing the “Pension System” the Southern Pacific Lines had had in effect since 1903 for the benefit of the officers and employees of any one of the railroads included in such “Lines.” After answer by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Clark v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Cousins v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Spiner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
3Cited by10 opinions
- Hurd v. Illinois Bell Telephone CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1955
- Menke v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Webster v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Long v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Going v. Southern Mill Employees' TrustSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955
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