The Texas Civil Appeals Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Civil Appeals of the State of Texas, Volume 33

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Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Civil Appeals of the State of Texas.

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Page 451 - The proximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred.
Page 418 - The burden of proof is on the plaintiff to show by a preponderance of the testimony that the defendants, or one of them, was guilty of negligence which resulted directly in the death of the deceased.
Page 394 - On the contrary, the evidence clearly shows that the message sent for transmission was received by the Chickasha office in time to have been delivered, and the message described In the petition is clearly identified by the testimony of the agents of appellant. Appellant's fifth assignment of error complains that the court erred in overruling its motion for a new trial because the jury, without the appellant's knowledge and consent, in retiring to deliberate upon their verdict, carried with them a...
Page 12 - In the event of disagreement as to the amount of loss, the same shall, as above provided, be ascertained by two competent and disinterested appraisers, the insured and this company each selecting one, and the two so chosen shall first select a competent and disinterested umpire. The appraisers together shall then estimate and appraise the loss, stating separately sound value and damage, and, failing to agree, shall submit their differences to the umpire; and the award, in writing, of any two, shall...
Page 606 - When the owner, manager or shipper of any freight of any kind shall make application in writing to any superintendent, agent or other person in charge of transportation of any railroad company, receiver or trustee operating a line of railway at any point that cars are desired upon which to ship any freight, it shall be the duty of such railroad company...
Page 361 - It is only where the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw the same conclusion from them that the question of negligence is ever considered as one of law for the court.
Page 683 - Negligence, constituting a cause of civil action, is such an omission, by a responsible person, to use that degree of care, diligence and skill which it was his legal duty to use for the protection of another person from injury as, in a natural and continuous sequence, causes unintended damage to the latter.
Page 606 - ... trustee or other person in, charge thereof to supply the number of cars so required at the point indicated in the application within a reasonable time thereafter, not to exceed six days from the receipt of such application, and...
Page 606 - When the cars are applied for under the provisions of this chapter, if they are not furnished, the railway company so failing to furnish them shall forfeit to the party or parties so applying for them the sum of...
Page 516 - Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done.

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