Pullman Co. v. Cox
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Wm. Masterson, Judge. Action by Robert L. Cox and wife against the Pullman Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This suit was brought by Robert L. Cox to recover damages in the sum of $2,975 for injury caused his wife, Margaret A. Cox, by the alleged wrongful act of appellant in forcing her to abandon a drawing room in a sleeping car of appellant for which she had contracted and paid appellant, after she hád retired for the night, and as a consequence of being deprived of the use of said drawing room and being compelled to sleep in an ordinary berth on the car, which was cold, and her being thus compelled to make such transfer from her warm bed in the drawing room to the cold berth, she was made sick…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Pullman Company v. HoyleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
- I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. TerryTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Texarkana Telephone Co. v. BurgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
3Cited by9 opinions
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- D. & H. Truck Line v. HopsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Turbeville v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1934
- Morris v. DrescherCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Griffith v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
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