Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Mallott

S. C. Mallott brought this suit against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company to recover a total sum of $42,800 for damages which he alleged he suffered by reason of personal injuries inflicted through negligent acts of the defendant. The items were as follows: $25,000 for injuries from which he suffered great pain, and by reason of which he was ¡iisfigured and crip-, pled for life; $2,000 for loss of ten months’ time; $2,500 for doctors’, nurses’, hospital, and medical bills; $10,000 for destruction of his capacity to increase his present earning ability; and $3,800 for the…