(DOWNLOAD) "Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Brownsville Navigation District" by Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Brownsville Navigation District
Author : Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 22, 1970
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 73 KB

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The question in this case is sovereign immunity from suit. Uncie Wells, a brakeman for Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, lost his life as the result of an accident that occurred on December 22, 1967. His statutory beneficiaries sued MoPac and Lallier & Co. for damages, claiming that the death of Wells was proximately caused by defendants negligence. According to the allegations of the petition, Wells was knocked from a ladder on the train by a crane that was owned by Lallier & Co. and that had been left too near the track over which the train was moving.