CHEKANSKI v. TEXAS & N. O. R. CO.

No. 13143.

306 S.W.2d 935 (1957)

Victoria CHEKANSKI, Appellant, v. TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Cheswick, Houston, for appellant.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, George Jewell, Jr., and Finis E. Cowan, Jr., Houston, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Justice.

Appellant filed suit against appellee to recover damages for injuries sustained by her when she slipped and fell as she crossed the right of way of appellee on April 16, 1953. In her petition appellant alleged that for many years members of the public had used a pathway across the tracks of appellee where Hickory Street in the City of Houston dead-ends at the south line of appellee's right of way; that several days before April 16 servants and...

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