Legal Opinion

Kelley v. Burlington-Rock Island R.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 23, 1936No. 4677PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

■MARTIN, Justice.

The parties will carry here their trial court designation.

A peremptory verdict for defendant was directed by the trial court in a suit filed by plaintiff Mrs._ Della Kelley for the death of her sixteen year old son.

This action furnished the basis for the only legal issue between the parties on this appeal.

The Kelley family lived about two and one-half miles north of Tomball, near defendant’s track. Just before midnight, deceased left Tomball, apparently on foot, to go to his home. He, together with the public, had been accustomed to use defendant’s1 track northward from…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShoemakerTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. PorterTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Texas & N. O. R'y Co. v. CrowderTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. GreenwoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  5. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1935

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Greene v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1953
  2. Webester v. HenwoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. Lipscomb v. Houston Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. Westbrook v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  5. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. LambertCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944

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