Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co. v. DeBord
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh District in an appeal from Potter County. DeBord sued the railway company and had judgment. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant (146 S. W., 667), who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yantis
delivered the opinion of the court., The defendant in error, Rolla DeBord, recovered a judgment for personal injuries in the District Court of Potter County, Texas, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, plaintiff in error. He alleged that on December 23, 1908, he was in the employ of the plaintiff in error as a brakeman, running and working upon its freight trains operated between Amarillo, in Potter County, Texas, and Sayre, Oklahoma, and on said date, in the town of McLean, Texas, while in the performance of his duties in the course of his employment and while attempting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. SeinTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. EyerTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Osborne v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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