Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. These were actions brought against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company by R. J. Thompson and S. M. Dietz, respectively, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by them, while in'its employment, through the explosion of a locomotive boiler. In each case there was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
The material questions presented by these cases, respectively, are identical. They are also substantially the same as were considered by us in Railway Co. v. Barrett (decided at the last term of this court) 14 C. C. A. 373, 67 Fed. 214. Each of the three cases is an action by an employé of the railway *945company to recover damages for personal injuries inflicted on him by the explosion of the boiler of locomotive engine 219, in use by the company at its yards in Ft. Worth, Tex., on the; morning of February 19, 3893. The plaintiffs in the actions charge that the…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1895
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Morton Salt Co. v. WellsTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. O'BrienCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Ft. Smith W. R. Co. v. HolcombeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Montbriand v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1911