Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Co. v. Stephens
Texas Supreme Court
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth District, in an appeal from Harris County. The majority and the dissenting opinion in the appellate court may . be found in 155 S. W., 703, wherein the judgment was reversed, opinion by Harper, C. J., Higgins, J., dissenting, whereupon the case was certified to the Supreme Court on dissent.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals of the Eighth Supreme Judicial District of Texas, in an appeal from the District Court of Harris County.
This case is before us on the following certificate of the Court of Civil Appeals, towit:
“This was a suit by Joe K. Stephens to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon him while in the service of the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company, and upon trial before a jury verdict and judgment in his favor was rendered for $15,000.
Appellee, upon the date of his injury, was a minor, eighteen years of age, and…
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