Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hunt County; R. D. Porter, Judge. Action by Lucy Williams against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa FS Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
This suit was brought in behalf of Lucy Williams against the railway company to recover damages for personal injuries received by her. She alleges, in effect, that she was a passenger on one of appellant’s trains, her destination being Celeste; that, when the train reached Celeste, it stopped and she prepared to alight, having walked out on the platform of the coach, when the train was suddenly and negligently caused to lurch and start forward and stop suddenly, which caused her to be thrown with great violence from the platform of the car to the ground, and as a result thereof she was…
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