Stewart v. International & G. N. R. R. Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. The character of the suit and issues of law involved are apparent from the petition.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. The character of the suit and issues of law involved are apparent from the petition. The petition alleged dangerous and permanent injuries suffered by the plaintiff by his fall from a platform at a freight depot, and which consisted chiefly of the following: “ Dislocation of bis right arm at the shoulder, sprain of both ankles, bruise on the left knee, breaking of the bone of the left elbow, breaking of the cartilage and ligaments of the left elbow, breaking of the cartilage and ligaments of the left wrist, sprain of the left…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
The questions presented in this case grow out of the action of the court in sustaining a demurrer to the petition.
The petitioner alleges the purchase by him from defendant of a ticket from Round Rock to Austin, whereby he became entitled to ride on the cars of defendant from Round Rock to Austin on said day (July 2, 1877); that defendant did not leave petitioner at its usual place of stopping in the city of Austin, to wit, at the passenger depot, but at the freight depot. Tie further alleges:
“ That on the arrival of the cars of the defendant as aforesaid at the…
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