Missouri Pac. R.R. Co., Thompson, Trustee v. House

Bennie House was negligently carried beyond her station by the defendant carrier, was forced to wait for a considerable period of time in a cold waiting room for a train back to her station, she caught cold and was sick, and she has recovered judgment for $200 for damages. The defendant appeals, principally upon the ground that it was not proved that the negligence was the proximate cause of the sickness.

At 5:20 p. m. Bennie House got on the train at Van Burén to go to Mulberry, a distance of eighteen miles. Through negligence, the train failed to stop at Mulberry. She was carried on to Ozark…