Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. Burns

HIGGINS, Justice.

This js a personal injury suit brought by Burns against the appellant.

The plaintiff was a passenger on a street car in Dallas. He alleged that he signaled the car to stop and it did stop; and, as he attempted to alight and just as he placed one foot upon the ground, the motorman applied the automatic valve clutch or other power which caused the exit door from which plaintiff was stepping to suddenly close, securely pinning his right hip pocket, or some other portion of the seat of his trousers, making it impossible for him to extricate himself or get his other foot on the…