Legal Opinion
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. Bridges
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 19, 1937No. 1715PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUNDERBURK, Justice.
On the night of October 10, 1934, Kenneth Bridges, 12 years of age, while attending a picture show in Thurber, operated by a lessee in a building owned by Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company, left the show and went a distance of about 35 feet to the northwest side of a small brick building, a meter house, owned by said company, for the purpose of urinating. The place where he went was dark, and he fell into a pit or meter box, near the west wall of the brick house, used as a gate or cut-off for a gas pipe line also belonging to said company. As the result he sustained serious…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co. v. O'LearyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Denison Light & Power Co. v. PattonTexas Supreme Court · 1913
- Kruse v. Houston & T. C. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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