Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway Co. v. Stewart
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Brown County. Stewart recovered judgment against the railway company, and the latter obtained writ of error upon its affirmance on defendant’s appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yaktis
This suit was instituted in the District Court of Brown County, Texas, by A. M. Stewart, the defendant in error, against the Fort Worth & Eio Grande Eailway Company, plaintiff in error, to recover damages for personal injuries inflicted upon Stewart by a passenger on the plaintiff in error’s train. It was alleged by Stewart that on the 15th day of May, 1908, he was a passenger thereon, going from Fort Worth to Brownwood; that while making this journey he was set upon and assaulted by another passenger; that he was struck across the head over the left ear with a large bottle of whiskey; that…
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