State Supreme Court / Tex.

Atchison v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

Decided March 14, 1945. A J. Folley wrote the opinion for the court.

186 S.W.2d 228 · Cited 75 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Erisman v. Thompson · 140 Tex. 361
Oviatt, Administrator v. Garretson · 171 S.W.2d 287
Anderson v. Byrd · 133 Neb. 483
Heiting v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 252 Ill. 466
Ryan v. First National Bank & Trust Co. of Racine · 294 N.W. 832
McCombs v. Southern Railway Co. · 39 Ga. App. 716
Farrer v. Southern Railway Co. · 45 Ga. App. 84
Jacobs v. Atlantic Coast Line R. · 145 S.E. 146

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