Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. Parry

(after stating the facts as above).

After the evidence was submitted, the appellant requested a peremptory instruction in its favor, wbicb was refused by tbe court. It is thought there was no error, as there is sufficient proof of injury and negligence as alleged, in the light of the evidence in behalf of the appellees. The jury were authorized to believe Mrs. Parry’s entire evidence that she fell from the platform of the last coach in the train, and that it was an old coach, with a hole or rent in the rubber matting on the platform or steps. There are corroborating circumstances, as well as…