Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Van Zandt

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This was a passenger damage suit by which plaintiff below sought damages for alleged injuries occurring to him on or about the 13th day of December, 1952. Plaintiff claimed injuries to his back and chest and was awarded damage in the sum of $27,000 by verdict of the jury, in Ector County, Texas.

*424Upon the trial of the case, pláin-tiff testified that, while riding as a paying passenger on appellant’s train, the passenger coach in which he was riding struck a freight car upon a siding of appellant, causing the plaintiff to be thrown violently about in the coach, resulting in his…