Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Davidson

Willie, Chief Justice.

This suit was by Hrs. Davidson, against the appellant, and her original petition alleged substantially as follows: The appellant, on the twenty-sixth of June, 1883, was the owner of a railroad from Fort Worth to Colorado City, and was engaged in running cars on the same and transporting passengers for hire as a common carrier; that on that day she arrived at Fort Worth from San Antonio on her way to Colorado *372City, and purchased from the company’s agent at Fort Worth a ticket entitling her to ride upon said cars from the latter place to Colorado City; that she was told at…