Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. St. John

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

— On August 19, 1893, the appellee St. John was ejected by the conductor of appellant from one of its trains, for which he brought this suit to recover the sum of $5000 as actual and the further sum of $5000 as exemplary damages. He had a verdict and judgment for $500, and hence this appeal.

About the last of July, 1893, the plaintiff purchased of defendant’s agent at Gainesville, Texas, a ticket from that point to Cairo, Illinois, and return. Attached to the ticket were coupons, which entitled the plaintiff to ride to Cairo over the line of the St. Louis & Southwestern…