Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Cook

This suit was instituted by Mrs. A. P. Cook to recover of appellant damages for alleged injuries sustained by her on the ground that appellant had failed to maintain lights and fire in its station at Henrietta for one hour after the departure of its .3 o’clock a. m. train November 7, 1912. Appellant answered: First, by a general denial; second, that appellee ceased to be a passenger upon reaching and safely alighting from the train at Henrietta, and hence that appellant owed her no further duty; third, that opportunity was afforded the ap-pellee upon the occasion in question of leaving the…