I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Leak
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Rusk. Tried below before the Hon. J. G. Hazlewood. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Robertson, Associate Justice.
On December 24, 1880, Dr. R. A. Leak started to Austin, Texas, to take to the asylum his wife, who was afflicted with lunacy. At Overton, having purchased tickets for himself and wife, he entered with her the south-bound train. The conductor ordered that Mrs. Leak be taken from the train, and she was put off. On January 18, 1881, Dr. Leak commenced this suit for damages done to himself and wife in their expulsion from the defendant’s train. On December 8, 1882, a pleading was filed making Mrs. Leak a party plaintiff with her husband. On January 8, 1884, Dr. Leak…
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