Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Edwards
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Garza County; W. R. Spencer, Judge. Action by J. H. Edwards against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Appellee sued the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company and the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company to recover damages on account of his ejection from a Rock Island passenger train at McLean, Tex. He recovered judgment against appellant for $500. Tlie pleadings are voluminous, and, since no question is made upon their sufficiency, their substance will not be stated.
[1] The first assignment of error is that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for the appellant. We sustain this assignment. The facts according to appellee’s testimony are in substance these: That in the month…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Wood-Hagenbarth Cattle Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1912
- Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. AshingerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Illinois Central R. v. HolmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1913
- Reynolds v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- Nast v. San Antonio, U. & G. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1924