El Paso Electric Co. v. Cannon

HIGGINS, Justice.

The appellee, Cannon, while a passenger upon a street car operated by appellant, was cut and stabbed by a fellow passenger. Cannon brought this suit against appellant to recover damages resulting from his injuries.

Appellee, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Peables, boarded the car in Juarez, Mexico. The car was well filled with passengers returning to El Paso. It crossed the international bridge and proceeded a few blocks when a fight occurred between Cannon and a stranger upon the car. Cannon struck the stranger and knocked him unconscious. According to the testimony of Cannon…