Young v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

This was a suit to recover damages. Plaintiff charged that he was ejected from one of the trains of the defendant Railroad' Company; that he was made to fall by the violence of the conductor, who laid his hand upon him and pushed him out, while the train was in motion, where the track crosses a ravine about twenty feet deep.

Plaintiff averred that he had walked to Shreveport Junction,- about *296.ten. o’clock p. m., with a friend to meet the latter’s father, who was expected on the train, and to ride hack with them on the train to the city of…