Gulf, West Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wittnebert
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from DeWitt County. Wittnebert sued the railway company for personal injuries and obtained judgment, which was affirmed on defendant’s appeal. Appellant thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Eor many years prior to June, 1903, H. Runge & Co. were engaged in running a cotton gin at Cuero, Texas, and, at the time of the injury to Wittnebert, they used Beaumont crude oil for fuel. About June, 1903, Runge & Co. ordered a tank of Beaumont oil from McManus, Houck & Co., of Beaumont, which was loaded into a tank car that belonged to the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company and was by the latter company and an intermediate carrier transported to Victoria and there delivered to the Gulf, West Texas & Pacific Railway Company by which it was hauled to Cuero, Texas, its destination; and, on…
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