Garteiser v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.

KEY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by August Garteiser,. against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, to-recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him through the alleged negligence of defendant, its agents and employes, on the 25th day of March, 1887, while plaintiff was in the act of crossing a bridge on a hand car on the line of defendant’s railway.

Among other matters, the defendant’s answer contained a general denial and a plea of contributory negligence.

The specific charges of negligence in the plaintiff’s petition, are:

1. Failure to ring the bell…