Paris & G. N. R. Co. v. Atkins
Decision Date | 12 October 1921 |
Docket Number | (No. 3037.) |
Citation | 234 S.W. 66 |
Parties | PARIS & G. N. R. CO. v. ATKINS.<SMALL><SUP>*</SUP></SMALL> |
Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Action by James W. Atkins against the Paris & Great Northern Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, affirmed by Court of Civil Appeals (185 S. W. 306), and defendant brings error. Affirmed.
Andrews, Streetman, Burns & Logue, of Houston, and Wright & Patrick, of Paris, for plaintiff in error.
Park, Moore & Hardison, of Paris, for defendant in error.
We take the following from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals (185 S. W. 306) for a brief and substantial statement of the case:
The writ of error in this case was granted because of a conflict between the opinion in this case and the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District in the case of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. of Texas v. Cobb, 60 Tex. Civ. App. 562, 128 S. W. 910.
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