St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Fielder

Appellee, D. T. Fielder, sued the appellant, St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company, and alleged, substantially: That on January 11, 1905, he was a passenger on one of appellant’s trains from Katherine en route to Corpus Christi, Tex. That he did not obtain a ticket at Katherine, but offered to pay his fare to Kingsville; but the conductor, Burke, could not change a $20 bill tendered. He thereupon came on to Kingsville, got off to get the change to pay his fare, and so informed the conductor, and also of his intention to continue his journey to Corpus Christi on the same train. He…