Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Baker
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Archie Baker against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Prom a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (184 S. W. 664) affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the deíendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSonpield, P. J.
Action in damages by defendant in error for personal injuries sustained by his wife through the negligence of plaintiff in error. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of defendant in error, which on appeal was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 184 S. W. 664.
Defendant in error’s wife, a negress, while a passenger occupying a seat in the coach, assigned to negroes on one of plaintiff in error’s passenger trains, was assaulted and severely injured by one Melton, a white passenggr, then in the coach assigned to negroes.
Defendant in error alleged as one of the grounds…
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- Quinn v. Louisville & Nashville R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
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- Hale v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
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