Legal Opinion

St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Spivey

Texas Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1903No. 1252PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hunt County. ' Spivey recovered judgment for personal injuries in his suit against the railway company. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Associate Justice.

Norman Spivey, by J. R. Spivey his next friend, instituted this suit in the District Court of Hunt County to recover of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas damages occasioned by an injury received while in the employ of the said company at Commerce, Texas. After all formal allegations, the plaintiff alleges as his cause of action in substance as follows: On the 4th day of December, 1901, he was in the employ of the defendant railroad company as call boy at the station of the said railroad company in Commerce, Hunt County, Texas; that he was employed by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cahill v. LaytonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Leistritz v. American Zylonite Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  3. Norfolk & Western Railroad v. DeBoard's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. McCue v. National Starch Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. Grunst v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1896

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Kirby Lumber Co. v. ChambersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
  2. Kirby Lumber Co. v. GreshamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. RentzCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. BridgesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  5. City of Austin v. SchlegelTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924

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