Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Foreman

Gaines, Associate Justice. —

The appellee brought this suit against appellant to recover damages for a personal injury. The case made by his own testimony was that he purchased a ticket and took passage from Trinity Station to Conroe on a train upon a railroad then operated by the appellant company; that just as the arrival at Dodge, an intermediate station, was announced he asked the conductor how long the train would stop at that station, and was answered that it ivould stop five minutes. Dpon the arrival at that station he left the cars to inquire for a letter, .and he had gone but a few…