Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Overfield

JAMES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff made the following allegations, in substance: That he took passage on appellant’s train at Taylor for Greenville, Texas, which route carried him through the town of Temple. That on approaching Temple appellant’s porter called out “Temple,” and opened the door to allow passengers to get on or off, and thereupon the train stopped, and plaintiff, being thereby led to believe that the train was at the station, got off, as he supposed upon the platform, when in fact the train had not reached the station, but had stopped on a trestle, and it being night time, and…