St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Wallace

TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.

—Wallace, together with his wife and other members of. his family, took passage on one of the railway company’s trains at Fort Worth on the evening of February 20, 1902, their destination being Omaha, Texas. The train reached Omaha between 4 and 5 o’clock the next morning. The depot at Omaha was not open, and Wallace was compelled to leave the station at once and seek shelter for himself and family elsewhere. The weather was cold and disagreeable, and Wallace and his wife suffered by reason of being exposed thereto. Wallace brought this suit to recover the damages…