Fordyce & Swanson v. Withers
Court of Appeals of Texas
The wife of plaintiff was injured, while a passenger, in a derailment, and the verdict was for §4000.
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT, Chief Justice.
This action was brought against the plaintiffs in error, as receivers of the St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Company in Texas, to recover damages for personal injuries received by the wife of the defendant in error while a passenger on a train on said railway during the time it was being operated by said receivers.
Plaintiffs in error pleaded to the jurisdiction of the court, that at the time of the accident the railway was being operated by them as receivers, through employes, under appointment and orders of the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- International & Great Northern Railroad v. HallorenTexas Supreme Court · 1880
- Saint Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co. v. JohnstonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Ry. Co. v. RobinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McGowanTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1889
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