Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway Co. v. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Scurry County. Tried below before Hon. C. C. Higgins.
1Opinion of the Court
DUHKLIH, Associate Justice.
W. H. Jackson, an employe of the Snyder Cotton Oil Mill, while engaged in unloading a car of cotton seed standing on a spur track of the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway Company located near the mill, and while he was on the inside of the car, the car was struck by another car loaded with coal which had been “kicked” upon the track by a train operated at the time by employes of the railway company. The collision caused Jackson to fall, and just as he was recovering himself from this fall the seed car, which had been put in motion by reason of the blow from the other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. LinthicumCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903
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