Tex. & St. Louis R'y Co. v. Suggs
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Titus. Tried below before the Hon. B. T. Estes. I. T. Suggs, the appellee, brought this suit against the Texas & St. Louis Bailway Company, for damages to him caused by the overturning of the passenger car in which he was traveling. He claimed to have been seriously injured, that his head was cut, his body crushed and some of his ribs broken, besides having severe internal injuries.
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Appeal from Titus. Tried below before the Hon. B. T. Estes. I. T. Suggs, the appellee, brought this suit against the Texas & St. Louis Bailway Company, for damages to him caused by the overturning of the passenger car in which he was traveling. He claimed to have been seriously injured, that his head was cut, his body crushed and some of his ribs broken, besides having severe internal injuries. He alleged that he was confined to his bed for two months, and that he was damaged in his not being able to attend to business affairs. He also sued for exemplary damages. The railway company answered…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
It is urged that the court erred in giving the following charge: “The defendant, in order to provide for the safety of their passengers, are bound to employ competent agents and employees to run their trains and prepare the same, and such agents must exercise constant care and diligence in keeping their trains and roadway in order, and unless the evidence shows that the agents of defendant having charge of the train upon which the plaintiff was a passenger, and whose duty it was to inspect the same, performed their respective duties, and exercised such diligence as…
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