Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Briscoe
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the ■ Second District, in an appeal from Cooke County. Briscoe sued the railway company and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas owns and operates a line of railroad which passes through the city of Gainesville, in Cooke County, at which city it has depot buildings, yards, tracks, and all such things as are necessary to the operation of its road. The names of the different streets are unimportant, and we will not undertake to give their names or the directions in which they run. The evidence showed that for many years the public had, without objection on the part of the company, used the railroad yards at and near the point where appellee was injured as a passway…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. SheltonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
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