Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter County; Hugh D. Umphres, Judge. Action by A. W. Smith against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtI-Ialb, J.
Appellee sued appellant railway company to recover damages on account of alleged personal injuries, resulting from a fall from a bridge upon which -he was working as an employe of appellant. A trial before a jury resulted in a judgment for $10,-000 in favor of appellee, based upon a verdict answering certain special issues, which will not be set out here.
[1] By its first assignment of error appellant complains of the court’s action in overruling one of its special exceptions to the plaintiff’s amended original petition. ’ The exception is as follows:
“The allegations in the sixteenth paragraph…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. BarronSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- McDermott v. SevereSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- T. & P. R'y Co. v. CurryTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Houston & T. C. R. R. Co. v. ShaferTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1901
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- Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. HaleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
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