Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Ritter

TARLTOH,

Chief Justice.—The appellee, as plaintiff, in behalf of himself recovered a verdict in the sum of $3500, and in behalf of his wife, Mrs. Eloise R. Ritter, he recovered a verdict in the sum of $2750, against the appellant, as damages for personal injuries.

The incident out of which the suit grows occurred on the night of February 28, 1896. The plaintiff and his wife were on a train of the defendant between Houston and Hempstead, when the train conductor, whose duty it ivas to take up their tickets, discovered that the one on which the plaintiff claimed to be a passenger was an invalid…