Carpenter v. Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Efro-r to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eifth District, in an appeal from Hill Countjr.. Carpenter sued the railway company and appealed from a judgment for defendant, on affirmance of which he obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Ciiiee Justice PHILLIPS
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action for damages on account of certain treatment to ■ which it was alleged that plaintiff’s wife was subjected while a passenger upon a train of the defendant railway company. According to her testimony upon the trial, she boarded the train at Hillsboro, accompanied by her little -daughter, who was five years and ten months old, for the purpose of going to Mexia. She had a ticket for herself hut none for the child because she did not think fare would be charged for the latter on account of her age. This explanation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carpenter v. Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1909
3Cited by2 opinions
- Southern Surety Co. v. NelsonTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Birmingham Electric Co. v. MazeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936