Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Allen

RAINEY, Associate Justice.

Suit brought by appellee to recover of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company damages for personal injuries received by being wrongfully ejected from appellant’s train by its servants.

Appellant in the court below filed a motion for a change of venue, the ground stated being, that the prejudice in the county of Van Zandt was so great against it that it could not obtain a fair and impartial trial. The affidavit was sworn to by an agent of the railway company, and was supported by three other compurgators, one of whom was A. W. Montague, a local agent of appellant in Van…