Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Shelton

FISHER, Chief Justice.

Appellee Shelton sued the appellant for $40,000 damages for personal injuries sustained to himself, and recovered a verdict and judgment in the court below for the sum of $35,000. There is evidence in the record which authorizes this court to find, the following facts:

On the night of March 30, 1900, the appellee purchased from the appellant’s agent at Gainesville, Texas, a ticket from that point to Los Angeles, Cal., over the appellant’s road and its connecting line, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Bailway. In negotiating for the purchase of the ticket the appellee…