Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Lucas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from I-Iarris County Court; A. E. Amerman, Judge. Action by Mrs. R. A. Lucas against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
This is a suit instituted in the county court by Mrs. R. A. Lucas against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company and the Texas & New Orleans Railway Company to recover damages for her ejection from one of the passenger trains of the latter company. A trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $500. Upon motion for a new trial the court suggested a remittitur of $100, which was filed, and thereupon the judgment was finally entered for $400. From the judgment, their motion for a new trial having been overruled, the defendants appeal.
On December 3, 1907, appellee…
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