Legal Opinion
Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Smithers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 6, 1922No. 1997. [fn*]PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The appellee, Smithers sued the Port Worth & Denver City Railway Company and the Colorado & Southern Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of the appellants at Texline as a hostler helper. The suit was instituted and tried under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665) and the Safety Appliance Act (Comp. St. § 8605 et seq.) and amendments thereto. Appellee alleges that the appellants were engaged in interstate commerce, and on April 24, 1917, the date of his injuries, he was in the general…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Richmond & Danville Railroad v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Southern Railway Co. v. CrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Amos Wade v. Jacob R. Leroy and Henry E. PierrepointSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Ft. Worth, & D. C. Ry. Co. v. SmithersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hewitt v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Bohm v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Majors v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Smithers v. Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1925