Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Adams
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an. appeal from Harris County. Adams brought suit against the railway company and recovered a judgment, from which defendant appealed and on its affirmance secured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
On the 25th day of March, 1898, T. T. Adams was in the employ of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company as conductor on one of its freight trains, and received injuries under the circumstances hereafter stated. The train on which he was employed arrived at Houston, and, having entered the yards, stalled on a grade. The train was standing upon a curve and persons engaged at either end could not see those engaged at the other end of it. The foreman of a switch crew employed in the yard by the plaintiff in error attached a switch engine to the front of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dunlap v. Northeastern RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Bonner and Eddy v. BeanTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. SweeneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
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- Galveston,Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. StillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
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