Legal Opinion

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

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 25, 1935No. 11639Published

1Opinion of the Court

LOONEY, Justice.

Evelyn Werline, appellee, sued the Houston & T. C. Ry. Company and the Texas & N. O. Ry. Company, appellants, to recover damages for personal injuries sus*289tained while a passenger on one of their trains, en route from Dallas to Sherman. Appellee, a young woman about 22 years of age at the time of her injury and totally blind, became a passenger on appellants’ train at Dallas on January 17, 1932, and, when the train was nearing Sherman, she was seized with a paroxysm, becoming unconscious, slid or fell from the seat to the floor and, after a time, was taken from the car to a…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Seale. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
  5. City of Dallas v. MaxwellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923

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