Trinity & B. v. Ry. Co. v. McDonald

Appellee sued the railway company to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while a passenger on, appellant’s train. Plaintiff, in substance, alleged that while traveling as a passenger on appellant’s train operated between Hillsboro and Osceola, Tex., he had occasion to go into one of the toilet rooms situated in said coach and maintained by appellant; when he raised up the top of said toilet the wind rushed up through the opening of said toilet with great force and a piece of steel, or particle of character of metal, struck him in the eye and imbedded itself in the ball of…