Legal Opinion
Pecos & N. T. Ry. Co. v. Winkler
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 26, 1915No. 819PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Potter County; J. N. Browning, Judge. Action by Frank Winkler against the Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
Winkler sued appellants, railway companies, for damages occasioned by injuries received by him, alleged to have been inflicted on him while in the employment of appellants, on the 2d day of April, 1913, in and about the switchyards of appellants in Amarillo. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $6,000.
The negligence alleged is as follows:
“That about the 1st day of April, 1913, the defendants, their agents and servants, negligently dug, bored, and excavated a large and deep hole about 12 inches in diameter and about 16 inches deep near the center of said yards and plaintiff’s aforesaid…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HannigTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Bonnet v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1895
- Insurance Company v. EastmanTexas Supreme Court · 1901
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. v. BradfordTexas Supreme Court · 1886
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Texas & N. O. R. v. BarhamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1947
- Dillingham v. CurrieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Ft. Worth, & D. C. Ry. Co. v. SmithersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. CrowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Bartlesville Zinc Co. v. FisherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
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