Legal Opinion

Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Lucas

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 17, 1910Published

Appeal from I-Iarris County Court; A. E. Amerman, Judge. Action by Mrs. R. A. Lucas against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion

On Motion for Rehearing.

Upon the original submission of this case in this court, the judgment of the trial court was reversed and the cause remanded on two grounds: First, that the court erred in refusing to give a special charge submitting the issue that, when appellee was refused admission through the gate at the station, she should have accepted this as a breach of the contract of carriage, and was entitled to recover only such damages as accrued to her from such breach; and, second, for error in charging the jury as a matter of law that Mrs. Lucas had done all that she was required to do…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. LucasTexas Supreme Court · 1912

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