Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Wichita Valley Ry. Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 25, 1937No. 4696PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, Justice

A peremptory instruction wás given below, and judgment for appellee entered thereon.

The only question we deem necessary to mention and discuss is the contention of appellant that the evidence raised an issue of the negligence of appellee in the respect hereafter stated which should have been appropriately submitted to the jury.

In 1932 appellant was employed as a section foreman by appellee. He had then been engaged in such work for over thirty years. It was part of his duties to keep ap-pellee’s railroad tracks in repair, and safe for the operation of trains. An inspection of same, the day of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Coin v. John H. Talge Lounge Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  2. Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. PerkinsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  3. Schaum v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  4. Ingram v. Prairie Block Coal Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1928
  5. Emerson Brantingham Co. v. GroweIndiana Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. EvansTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Fields v. Burlison Packing CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
  3. J. Weingarten, Inc. v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Sears, Roebuck & Company v. Kenneth TalleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  5. Texas & New Orleans R. v. GoolsbeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950

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