Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Flood
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Collin. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Pearson.
1Opinion of the Court
BOOKHOUT,. Associate Justice.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee while a passenger on the appellant’s train from Fort Worth to Denison, caused by a spark or cinder getting into his eye. There was a judgment upon the verdict of a jury for appellee on April 11, 1903, for $11,000. Defendant appealed. This is the second appeal in the cause, the first being reported in 70 S. W. Rep., 331.
Conclusions of Fact.—On the night of July 17, 1899, the appellee was a passenger on one of appellant’s passenger trains on his way from Fort Worth to Denison.…
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