Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Sweeney

FLY, Associate Justice.

This suit was filed in the District Court of Medina County, the petition alleging, that the plaintiff (appellee) had sustained great injury and damage by reason of the negligence of defendant (appellant) in furnishing defective appliances on its cars, which caused a wreck and the injury of appellee. Appellant answered, that the injury was the result not of defective appliances, but of the negligence of appellee and his fellow servants.

The case was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for 816,000.

There are thirty-five assignments of error, all of…