Thweatt v. Houston East & West Texas Railway Co.

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

The appellant brought this action against the appellee in the District Court of Nacogdoches County to recover damages for negligently permitting the appellant to be assaulted while he .was a passenger on one of the company’s trains. Appellant purchased a ticket at Garrison for Nacogdoches and boarded the train upon its arrival. Garrison was a regular meal station and a stop of twenty minutes was made there for dinner. After the conductor and other members of the crew had seen the passengers off and on the train and had gone to dinner, one Jopling entered the car where…