Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Syfan
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. Syfan sued the railway company and had judgment. On the company’s appeal the judgment was found excessive in amount, but not otherwise erroneous, and was affirmed on the entry of a remittitur by appellee in the amount indicated by the court. The company then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The defendant in error was riding in a vehicle drawn by one horse along a private way in -the City of Houston, near to which the plaintiff in error had constructed and was operating and using a switch track to and from a compress near by. An engine and'tender belonging to the Railroad Company and being operated by its employes at the time was being moved along the switch track, when it came up behind Syfan, and when opposite to him the engineer or fireman on the engine opened the steam-cock of the locomotive, as to allow the steam to escape and to fall upon and around…
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