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Texas & St. Louis R. R. Co. v. Young

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1883No. Case No. 1530PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from Titus. Tried below before the Hon. B. F. Estes.

1Opinion of the Court

Stayton, Associate Justice.

The statutes of this state make it the duty of a railway company to erect and keep in repair all necessary cattle-guards, at all places at which a railway enters an inclosure, sufficient to protect everything therein from the depredations of stock of every description; and they also provide that, in case of the failure of any railway company so to construct and keep in repair such cattle-guards, such company shall be liable to any person injured by such neglect for all damages that may result therefrom. R. S., 4240-4244.

The statutes also give to the owner of any…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sabine & E. T. R'y Co. v. JoachimiTexas Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Jones v. GeorgeTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Houston & T. C. R'y Co. v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Trinity & Sabine Railway Co. v. SchofieldTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  4. American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Co. v. Mercedes Plantation Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HoffmanTexas Supreme Court · 1891

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