Freeman v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Atascosa County; E. A. Stevens, Judge. Action by Virgil Johnson against T. J. Freeman, receiver of the International & Great Northern Railroad Company, Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJames, C. J.
This action was by appel-lee to recover damages for injury received by him at defendant’s station of Lytle. The petition alleged that he had bought a ticket to take an approaching train at that station, and, -when the train arrived, he started down the steps of said passenger depot to get on the train, and while going down he fell therefrom and received his injury; that the night ivas dark, and defendant had no light of any kind there to' light the platform and steps, and in the darkness plaintiff in descending the steps fell from the steps to the ground, and negligence was charged in the…
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