Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co. v. Kennedy

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment in the sum of $1500, recovered by the appellee against the appellant as damages for personal injuries sustained by his wife. The verdict supported by evidence establishes the following conclusions of fact:

On November 11, 1892, Mrs. Stephen Kennedy, about 60 years old, the wife of the appellee, had reached Harrold, her point of destination, as a passenger on the train of appellant. In alighting from the car, she fell and sustained injuries of such a character as to justify the assessment of damages awarded by the jury.

Her fall…