Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Henry

Appellee brought suit against appellant in the circuit court of Randolph County to recover damages in the sum of $3,000 on account of an injury received while attempting to 'board its mixed freight and passenger train at Knobel, en route to Peach Orchard. The complaint alleged, in substance, that, on the 5th day of October, 1923, appellee was at Knobel, a junction station on the line of appellant’s railroad, and that he purchased a ticket at Knobel for Peach Orchard, entitling him to ride as a passenger on the local freight train running 'between said towns; that, at the time, said train was…