Texas Trunk Railway Co. v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fifth District, in an appeal from Kaufman County. Justice Rainey did not sit in this case.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Johnson sued the railroad company for damages alleged to have been occasioned by injuries received by him while a passenger on its railroad. It is charged that the defendant permitted its roadbed to become wholly unsafe for travel over it, alleging the particulars in which it was so unsafe, and which was known to the defendant. Petitioner claimed both actual and exemplary damages.
Upon a trial in the District Court of Kaufman County, the plaintiff below recovered against the defendant railroad company a verdict and judgment for $1000 actual and $500 exemplary damages.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. ShufordTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Taylor, Bastrop & Houston Railway Co. v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Texas & P. R'y Co. v. KirkTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Tex. & Pac. R'y Co. v. De MilleyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
3Cited by6 opinions
- Harris v. WareCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Houston City Street Railway Co. v. MedlenkaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Texas Pacific Coal Company v. LawsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895
- Wichita Falls, Ranger & Ft. Worth Railway Co. v. CombsTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- New Home Sewing Mach. Co. v. WithrowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
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