Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Black

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The Court of Civil Appeals filed the following conclusions of fact in the above cause, in which judgment had been rendered by the District Court against the plaintiff in error.

“In 1887, Frank Black, a boy about 12 years of age, and stepson of appellee, James Black, boarded a freight train of appellant, at the T. C. Junction, five miles west of Texarkana, after obtaining permission from a brakeman, to whom he paid 15 cents for the privilege. The train was composed of an engine, flat cars, and a caboose. When the train was nearing Texarkana, and while running, the…