Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hamilton

Citations

• 66 Tex. 92
• 17 S.W. 406
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 451

Syllabus

<p>1. Railway company—Negligence—Evidence—See opinion for evidence held sufficient to support a verdict for damages against a railway company for injuries sustained by a passenger through the negligence of the company.</p> <p>2. Same—Machinery—Test of soundness—If any certain and satisfactory test of the machinery, used by a railway company in transportation, is known, which is within the reach of the company, it .should be applied, and it is negligence in the company to rely upon a test which is clearly insufficient.</p>