Douglass v. Central Texas & Northwestern Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Ellis County. The suit was brought by Jesse Douglass, a minor, by next friend, to recover from the railway company damages for personal injuries. In a former trial the District Court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, and on appeal the judgment was reversed.
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Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth District, in an appeal from Ellis County. The suit was brought by Jesse Douglass, a minor, by next friend, to recover from the railway company damages for personal injuries. In a former trial the District Court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, and on appeal the judgment was reversed. Trial then resulted in a verdict and judgment for $4000 in plaintiff’s favor, and, on defendant’s appeal, this was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals. Writ of error was obtained by appellee on the ground that the ruling practically ^settled the case. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Suit by the appellee for personal injuries inflicted on him by the alleged negligence of appellant, and the judgment appealed from is four thousand dollars.
This case was before the Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth District on an appeal from a judgment in favor of the present appellant sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff's petition. On that appeal the court held the petition stated a cause of action and reversed the judgment. (26 S.W. Rep., 892.) The allegations in the petition are fully stated in the report of the ease, and need not be repeated.
The facts in the case are briefly as…
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