Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. McCormick

FLY, Associate Justice.

Appellee instituted this suit to recover of appellant damages for his ejection from a passenger train at Silsbee, Texas. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for appellee for $253.60, of which amount $100 was remitted by appellee and judgment was rendered for $153.60.

Appellee testified that he was, on January 26, 1905, a traveling salesman for the Memphis Coffin Company and was- in Beaumont, Texas, and was instructed by his employer to go from that point to San Augustine, Texas. To that end he asked the ticket agent of appellant for a ticket to that place, as well as a…