Stephenville, N. & S. T. Ry. Co. v. Shelton

W. L. Shelton brought this suit against the Stephenville, North & South Texas Railway Company for damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant. Defendant pleaded a general denial and special plea of contributory negligence and assumed risk. There was a jury trial, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,000, and the defendant has prosecuted a writ of error.

No complaint is made in this court of the verdict of the jury, and we therefore assume that it is sustained by testimony. The assignments of error…