Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. McCarty

WILLSON, Chief Justice.

-The action was by appellee for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by him as the result of appellant’s negligence. He recovered a judgment for $1930, the full amount for which he sued.

The court instructed the jury if they found for appellee to “assess his damages at such an amount as, in the exercise of a sound discretion and judgment, you believe will fully compensate him,” etc. In its first assignment of error appellant asserts that in using the word “fully” as measuring the compensation to be allowed, the court erred. We think it would be the…