Texas & Pacific Railway v. Gott

FINLEY, Chief Justice.

We take the following statement of the nature and result of the suit from the brief of appellee:

“This was an action for damages for carrying Amanda Gott, the wife of plaintiff, and a passenger of defendant railway company, past her place of destination.

“The petition alleged that defendant company was a common carrier of passengers for hire; that on the 8th and 9th days of Kovember, 1896, the said Amanda Gott, with her son, were passengers on said company’s road at its request and for a certain fare and reward, to be safely carried from the town of Texarkana to the town…