Legal Opinion
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Highnote
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 1905No. 1421PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from ¡Navarro County. Highnote sued the railway company for damages for injury to the person. Plaintiff had judgment and it was affirmed on appeal. Appellant, defendant below, then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
We adopt the following statement from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:
“The appellee sued appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of appellant’s servants.
“Appellant answered by demurrers, contributory negligence and assumed risk. Judgment in favor of appellee.
“The evidence shows that in December, 1901, the conductor of one of appellant’s east bound passenger trains, at Corsicana, agreed to carry appellee and one Martin, another policeman, out about the east side school house in said city, they being…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morrison v. . Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- H. & T. C. R'y Co. v. LeslieTexas Supreme Court · 1882
- J. A. Lambeth v. . N.C. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
- Burrows v. . Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by11 opinions
- San Antonio, U. G. R. Co. v. VivianCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Southern Kansas Ry. Co. of Texas v. EmmettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Texas N. O. R. Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Missouri, K. & T. Ry Co. of Texas v. GrahamTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Dawson v. KingTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
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