T. M. R'y Co. v. Herbeck

Citations

• 60 Tex. 602
• 1884 Tex. LEXIS 11

Syllabus

<p>1. Practice in supreme court—Briefs.—While the supreme court may, of its own motion, notice any fundamental error of law, apparent on the face of the record, parties in preparing their briefs will be deemed to have waived any matter not presented as required by the rules governing practice in the supreme court.</p> <p>2. Negligence.—Whether the parents of a child were guilty of contributory negligence in permitting their child to play at a place where lumber was alleged to have been piled in a dangerous manner, from the fall of which the child died, was a question of fact for the jury, under appropriate instructions from the court.</p>