International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Anderson

FISHER, Chief Justice.

Opinion.—The appellee seeks relief in damages for injuries sustained by her in being removed from the appellant’s train by its brakeman when she was a passenger thereon. The compensation allowed by the verdict and judgment in the court below was five hundred dollars.

The facts pleaded and those proven by the plaintiff which are the basis for the verdict and judgment are: That the appellee, at Galveston, at the time alleged, purchased a ticket over the appellant’s line of road from Galveston to Austin, Texas, by way of Houston and Palestine. She was authorized by this…