Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. McElree

LIGHTFOOT,

Chief Justice.—The statement of the case by appellant is substantially correct, as follows:

"By petition filed in the District Court of Johnson County, Texas, B. L. McElree sought to recover damages of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Bailway Company of Texas, complaining that on July 6, 1895, he boarded one of the trains of defendant at Alvarado, Texas, to go to the town of Burleson, having a first-class ticket over said road to said point." He alleged, that when said train reached Burleson he made proper dispatch to alight therefrom, but it did not stop long enough to allow him to…