The Pullman Company v. Anderson, Administrator

Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Pryor Townsend, recovered judgment for $1,000 against appellant, The Pullman Company, for the breach of an alleged contract to transport the deceased Townsend as a passenger in one of its sleeping cars from Pharr, Texas, to Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

There are conflicts in the testimony which cannot be reconciled, but the plaintiff’s case rests upon the testimony of his wife, who was the sister of the deceased, and is to the following effect. She lived near Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Her brother, the deceased, lived in Pharr, Texas. Sometime in…