Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Terrell
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. Benton Randolph. This was a suit for damages resulting from personal injuries inflicted through the alleged negligence of appellant while appellee was a passenger on its road. The verdict was for the appellee for twenty-three thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. In view of the opinion, the facts in evidence are unimportant.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee. What purported to be the statement of facts found in the record has been stricken out on motion and therefore many of the assignments of error can not be considered. Before the jury were empaneled one of the jurors for the week answered upon his voir dire that he was a brother-in-law to plaintiff — “ that they had married sisters.” He was challenged for cause and held to have been a competent juror by the court and this…
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