Paris G. N. R. Co. v. Campbell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; A. P. Dehoney, Judge. Suit by J. B. Campbell against the Paris & Great Northern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. This was a suit by appellee for damages for personal injuries which he claimed he suffered because of negligence on the part of employés of appellant. Appellee was a passenger, destined to Arthur City, Lamar county, on one of appellant’s trains.
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Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; A. P. Dehoney, Judge. Suit by J. B. Campbell against the Paris & Great Northern Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. This was a suit by appellee for damages for personal injuries which he claimed he suffered because of negligence on the part of employés of appellant. Appellee was a passenger, destined to Arthur City, Lamar county, on one of appellant’s trains. From testimony on his behalf it appeared that when the train reached that place he at once left his seat in the car he was in, and as quickly as he could went to…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The effect of the court’s charge, considered as a .whole, was to tell the jury to find for appellee only in the event they believed he was himself without fault, and that appellant’s porter negligently pushed or jerked him from the steps of the car while it was moving, and that the act of the porter was the proximate cause of the injury to ap-pellee. The jury were not authorized by the charge to predicate a finding of liability on appellant’s part on its mere failure to stop the train long enough to enable appellee to safely alight therefrom. Therefore many…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Louisville Railway Co. v. RuxerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- S.L.S.W. Ry. Co. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903