Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Brown

LESLIE, Justice.

Cadmus Brown instituted this suit against the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company for damages alleged to have been occasioned by reason of injuries sustained by him while a passenger upon one of the company’s trains. He alleged that, as the train approached Sylvester,- his home, he arose from his seat for the purpose of getting his hat, preparatory to leaving the train, and that the car in which he was riding swerved with a violent jerk, thus throwing him to the floor of the ear, and producing the injuries complained of. The injuries thus sustained were charged to be the…