Legal Opinion
Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Tuck
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1909No. 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District in an appeal from Grayson County. Tuck sued the railway company and obtained judgment. Defendant appealed and on affirmance procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
We copy the following statement of the case and conclusions of fact from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals:
“R. E. Tuck, appellee, instituted this suit against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries. The negligence alleged against appellant was in its failure to provide appellee a safe place to do his work, in that iron rails were permitted to be on the right of way and railway yards at Pilot Point and in allowing them to be obscured by Bermuda grass and weeds and not informing appellee of the same. That he did not know of the position of said…
2Cited by4 opinions
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