St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Gresham
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth District, in an appeal from Hill County. Lucille Gresham, by next friend, sued the railway company and' obtained judgment. This was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chiee Justice BROW3ST
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was instituted in the District Court of Hill County by J. R. Bragg as the next friend of Lucile Gresham, against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company of Texas, in which it was charged that Lucile Gresham took passage on the defendant railroad at a station named Frost, in Navarro County, to go to Hillsboro, in Hill County. She bad a regular ticket and took her seat in the car where she remained seated until she reached her destination at Hillsboro. During the time she was on the train there was a rain that fell at some…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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