Wells Fargo & Co. v. Benjamin

W. S. Benjamin, the appel-lee, sued and recovered a judgment against the appellant for the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries received on the 24th of October, 1911. The material facts proved upon the trial are substantially as follows: On the date above mentioned the appellee was stopping at a hotel in the city of Marshall, Tex., and was expecting to leave that place within a short time for some point in California or Mexico. He was a saw filer by trade, and was going to one or the other of those places with the expectation of finding employment. Soon after his arrival in Marshall, he went…