Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Matzdorf

The judgment in this case ivas recovered against the plaintiff in error by defendant in error, plaintiff below, on account of a fall wdiich she received in entering the waiting room for passengers kept bv the railroad company at San Antonio. The fall was caused by a piece.of wire projecting from a door-mat which penetrated plaintiff’s shoe as she stepped upon it. Plaintiff was not a passenger and had not gone to the station upon any business with the company or ■with any passenger. One Mrs. Simpson, intending to take passage, for a temporary absence, went to the station accompanied by her…