Case ID: tex_102/html/0303-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Mr. Justice Brown", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

G. A. Keeling v. Sam'l P. Willson et al.
    No. 1916.
    Decided February 19, 1909.
    Mandamus—Conflict of Decisions—Carriers of Passengers.
    The rulings of the Court of Civil Appeals herein as to instructions on the duty of a railroad company to use “the utmost care” for the safety and protection of their passengers are held so far in conflict with the decision in Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Rogers, 24 Texas Civ. App., 383, as to justify the issuance of the writ of mandamus requiring the appellate court to certify the. question to the Supreme Court. (R. 304.)
    Original application to the Supreme Court by Keeling for writ of mandamus against the judges of the Court of- Civil Appeals for the Sixth District.
    
      F. F. & E. T. Chew and Mark G. Fakes, for relator.
   Mr. Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.,

This is a proceeding by original petition in this court for a mandamus to issue to the judges of the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals of the Sixth Supreme Judicial District, requiring them to certify certain questions to this court because of conflict between the decision of that court and other Courts of Civil Appeals, and, having examined the opinion of that Honorable Court, we conclude that it is in conflict with the decision of the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals in the case of Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Co. v. Rogers, 24 Texas Civ. App., 383. It is therefore ordered that a writ of mandamus issue to the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals of the Sixth District requiring them to certify to this court the question of law which was decided by that court on a special instruction asked by the plaintiff and given by the court, in which the jury were instructed that it was the duty of the railroad company to use “the utmost care” for the safety and protection of its passengers.

Mandamus granted.