Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Hatch
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bexar County. Tried below before Hon. Robt. B. Green.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted by appellee to recover from appellant $500, the value of certain property belonging to members of his family. The recovery was for $275.
The rule is well settled in the several States of the Hnion that sleeping car companies are not held to the responsibility of common carriers or innkeepers, but that in order p recover for lost or stolen property it must appear that reasonable care was not exercised by the company in guarding'the property of passengers on the cars. The rule is thus formulated in a leading Massachusetts case: “While it is not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lewis v. New York Sleeping Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. PollockTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Matthews.Texas Supreme Court · 1889
- Kates v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1895
3Cited by6 opinions
- Pullman Co. v. PulliamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Bacon v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1908
- Pullman Co. v. MoiseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Pullman Co. v. FranksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
- Pullman Co. v. HaysCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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