St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas v. Matthews

This is a personal injury suit, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $3,000, and the defendant has appealed.

According to the plaintiff’s allegations in his petition, and his testimony in support thereof, on the occasion in question, while crossing a street in the city of Waco, he stopped with the heel of his right shoe on a guard and traffic rail, which rails were so located with reference to each other as resulted in the heel of his shoe becoming fastened, so as to prevent him from extricating himself, and while in that condition the defendant’s employés in charge…