STOKES v. BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WESTERN RAILWAY CO.

No. A-7748.

339 S.W.2d 877 (1960)

J. L. STOKES et al., Petitioners, v. BEAUMONT, SOUR LAKE & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Little, Zorn & Girardeau, Baytown, for petitioner.

Hutcheson, Taliaferro & Hutcheson, Arterbury, Hoover & Grahan, Houston, for respondent.


CALVERT, Justice.

The only question before us is whether suit against Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway Company and Houston North Shore Railway Company interrupted the running of the two-year statute of limitations (Art. 5526, Vernon's Ann.Tex.Civ. St.) on a cause of action against Guy A. Thompson, Trustee, for personal injuries and property damage sustained in a collision. The trial court and the Court of Civil Appeals have held that it did not. Stokes v. Thompson...

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