Legal Opinion

Paris & G. N. R. v. Stafford

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 6, 1931No. 3938PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This suit was filed by Pearl Stafford, administratrix of the estate of Cecil Stafford, deceased, against the Paris Great Northern Railroad Company and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, to recover damages for herself and minor children for the killing of her husband, an employee of the defendants in an accident near Paris, Tex., September 9, 1927. The deceased, Cecil Stafford, on that date was employed as locomotive fireman on a passenger train from Paris to Ft. Smith, Ark., and was killed in an accident and derailment which occurred at Trout Spur, in Texas, and just north of Paris…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Richmond & Danville Railroad v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. HickeySupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. MoserSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Paris & G. N. Ry. Co. v. StaffordTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  2. Thurman v. ChandlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  3. Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, Inc. v. WilliamsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  4. Pure Distributing Corp. v. CareyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
  5. Thurman v. ChandlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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