Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Parrott
Texas Supreme Court
Certificate of dissent from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Bastrop County. Parrott sued the railway company and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed and the majority opinion reversed and remanded the cause, with a dissenting opinion by Justice Key; whereupon the question was certified to the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
This question is presented by a certificate from the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third District. The certificate shows that the appellee, Parrott, sued for damages for personal injuries sustained by him while serving the appellant railway company, as a locomotive engineer, under the following circumstances. He took his engine upon a spur track to a pit therein, for the purpose of cleaning it of the ashes, etc., the switch connecting the spur with the main track being left open. While he was thus engaged, a train approached upon the main track and ran into the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. LehmbergCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Brown v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. BrazzilTexas Supreme Court · 1890
3Cited by6 opinions
- Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Maeding v. MaedingCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad v. AlbertiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Yellow Transit Co. v. KlaffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Galveston, Houston & Northern Railway Co. v. MorrisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
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