Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Vaughan

LIGHTFOOT,

Chief Justice.—Appellee correctly states the case, as follows:

“This suit was filed June 24, 1893, by Peter Waters, plaintiff, against appellant, Texas & Pacific Railway Company, defendant, in the District Court of Bowie County, Texas, for damages in.the sum of $1999, for personal injuries sustained by said Waters, caused by the negligence of the railway company. After the suit was filed, and on the same day it was filed, Waters, by a writing duly executed and acknowledged by him in accordance with law, conveyed and sold to W. H. Vaughan, appellee, a one-half interest in the cause of…