Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Scripture
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Denton County ; C. E. Spencer, Judge. Suit by John B. Scripture against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Eé Railway Company and the Pullman Company, in which the defendant Gulf, Colorado & Santa Eé Railway Company pleaded that, if judgment should be recovered against it, it have judgment over against defendant Pullman Company.
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Appeal from District Court, Denton County ; C. E. Spencer, Judge. Suit by John B. Scripture against the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Eé Railway Company and the Pullman Company, in which the defendant Gulf, Colorado & Santa Eé Railway Company pleaded that, if judgment should be recovered against it, it have judgment over against defendant Pullman Company. Judgment for plaintiff against the Railway Company arid for the Pullman Company as to the Railway’s plea over, and the defendant Railway Company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
John B. Scripture sued the appellant Railway Company and the Pullman Company for alleged injuries sustained at Krum, Tex., on the night of April 24, 1916, while plaintiff, a passenger upon the Pullman car, was disembarking. Plaintiff charged negligence on the part of both defendants in failing to give him a reasonable opportunity to alight safely from said car; in failing to have sufficient light on the platform of said car; in failing to stop the train at Krum a sufficient length of time to enable plaintiff to safely disembark; in failing to have sufficient light on the ground or platform…
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