Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. Miller

Mr. Presiding Judge McCLENDON

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This- case is presented upon certified questions from the Court of Civil Appeals.

Appellee recovered judgment against appellant for $13,500.00 as compensatory damages for personal injuries sustained by him while a passenger on one of appellant’s freight trains, upon which appellee had engaged transportation from Ft. Worth to Wichita Falls for himself and some live stock, farming implements, household furniture etc. The trial was by jury upon a general charge.

Before the train had passed the city limits of…