St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Parks
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Hunt County. Parks sued the railway company and had judgment. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.—This
was a suit by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover damages for an injury to his eyes. On a trial before a jury he recovered a judgment for $2500, which was affirmed in the Court of Civil Appeals.
The plaintiff testified, in effect, that while a passenger upon a train of the defendant company he went to a water cooler near the door of the car to get a drink of water, and while there some one whom he took to be the conductor opened the door, and that thereupon a shower of sparks and cinders rushed in at the door and struck him in the eyes,…
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