Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Travis

Mr. Presiding Judge RYAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

Annie Travis and her husband, Robert Travis, brought this suit against the Dallas Railway & Terminal Company, operating a street railway system in the City of Dallas, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while a passenger on one of the company’s street cars.

She boarded the car, paid her fare, took a step up from the vestibule to the body of the car, and before she had reached a seat, the motorman started the car with a jerk, throwing her to the floor and injuring…