Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Tarrant County; It. B. Young, Judge. Suit by Mike E. Smith, Leonard M. Levy, and G. W. Dunaway against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company, Pecos & North Texas Railway Company, First National Bank of Sweetwater, and L. M. Duna-way, wherein L. M. Dunaway filed an answer to the petition, and also a cross-bill against the railway companies.
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Error from District Court, Tarrant County; It. B. Young, Judge. Suit by Mike E. Smith, Leonard M. Levy, and G. W. Dunaway against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company, Pecos & North Texas Railway Company, First National Bank of Sweetwater, and L. M. Duna-way, wherein L. M. Dunaway filed an answer to the petition, and also a cross-bill against the railway companies. Plaintiffs and L. M. Dunaway dismissed their respective suits against the Pecos & North Texas Railway Company, and plaintiffs also dismissed as to the First National Bank of Sweetwater. To review a judgment for…
1Opinion of the Court
On September 28, 1912, L. M. Dunaway was in the employment of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fé Railway Company as a bridge carpenter in New Mexico, and while unloading bridge timbers from a freight car, in the performance of the duties of his employment, some of the timbers fell upon him and seriously injured him. The timbers had been loaded upon the car to a height of the aggregate thickness of about 20 pieces, and in order to hold the timbers in place, upright stakes extending above the top of the pile of timbers had been placed in sockets in the outer edges of the sides of the, car. George…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Joske v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Henry v. PhillipsTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- Gulf, Texas & Western Railway Co. v. DickeyTexas Supreme Court · 1916
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShoemakerTexas Supreme Court · 1905
- J. M. Hamilton & Co. v. PrescottTexas Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Smith v. Atchison, T. & S. F. RY.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. SledgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
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