Kruse v. Houston & T. C. R. Co.

PLEASANTS, C. J..This suit was brought by appellant against the appellee to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have beefi' cáúsed'him by' tbé' negligence',;Qf appellee. Tbe substance of the pleading is sufficiently stated in appellants brief;i as follows; - '

“Plaintiff alleged, in substance, that1'⅜⅛ was a merchant and had been weighing and placing cotton on defendant’s cotton platform‘for- 28 or 29 years at the-invitation of-defendant;1 that defendant’s trains during this lehgth of time would pull up to the cotton platform, load the cotton for which defendant had issued bills…