Harris v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Washington. Tried below before Hon. Ed. E. Sinks.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.
Appellant brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the employes of appellee. The petition alleges that on the 27th day of July, 1902, plaintiff was a passenger upon defendant’s railroad from the city of Brenham, in Washington County, to the station known as Allen Farm in said county. That in disembarking from said train after it arrived at said station she was, by the sudden starting of the train, thrown violently upon the ground and painfully injured. The negligence alleged was the failure of the…
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