Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Beckworth

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

The following statement from appellant’s brief is substantially correct: In September, 1891, appellee, four years old, by his next friend, J. T. Beckworth, sued the appellant in the District Court of Van Zandt County for $1500 for alleged personal injuries received in a fall from the steps of the cars of appellant at Wills Point on August 30, 1891. Appellant answered that its train stopped at Wills Point on the occasion complained of, ample time for the plaintiff and his mother to have alighted in safety. That if the plaintiff was injured in any manner, which was…