Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. La Prelle

KEY, Associate Justice.

This case involves the question of the' liability of a common carrier for injuries inflicted by its servant upon a passenger. According to the testimony of the plaintiff, to which the' jury evidently gave credit, he was a passenger on the defendant’s railway, and a difference of. opinion having arisen between him and the-conductor in reference to the amount of fare he should pay, the plaintiff, without just cause and in violation of law, struck the conductor with his fist or hand, thereby committing an assault and battery. The conductor did not then defend himself or…