Pullman Co. v. Berkman

WALKER, Chief Justice.

On or about April 20, 1932, appellee, D. G. Berkman, an old and infirm man ninety-three years old, purchased a ticket from appellant, the Pullman Company, entitling him to transportation from Seattle, Wash., to Beaumont, Tex. About 1:30 a. m. of the day following the purchase, while appellant’s passenger, appellee fell through an open door in appellant’s pullman train and suffered the injuries sued for herein, for which the jury allowed him damages in the sum of $1,400. The appeal has been duly prosecuted from the judgment in appellee’s favor for that sum.

Appellee made…