I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Terry
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Oollard. The appellee brought this suit in the district court of Milam county, alleging that he attained his majority on the 27th day of August, 1881, and that before that time he labored under the disability of minority, to recover of the appellant’s railway company damages for the violation of his rights as a passenger on one of its. freight trains, and upon which plaintiff had paid his fare from Rockdale to the depot of…
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Appeal from Milam. Tried below before the Hon. W. E. Oollard. The appellee brought this suit in the district court of Milam county, alleging that he attained his majority on the 27th day of August, 1881, and that before that time he labored under the disability of minority, to recover of the appellant’s railway company damages for the violation of his rights as a passenger on one of its. freight trains, and upon which plaintiff had paid his fare from Rockdale to the depot of Milano J unction, by wrongfully carrying him beyond his destination a distance of three miles to a water tank, without…
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.
Time will not permit of our entering into an extended consideration, discussion and comparison of the *383many authorities bearing on the interesting question now before us, with a view of determining with entire precision what, under the facts of this particular case, is the true rule by which the jury should be guided in ascertaining the amount of damage (if any) sustained by the appellee for which the appellant is legally answerable.
We have, however, given the case a great deal of consideration, and have examined very carefully all the authorities on the subject that we…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Ry. Co. v. BirneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Heirn v. M'CaughanMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
- Memphis &. Charleston R. R. v. WhitfieldMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
- Williams v. . VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Walsh v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
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- Washington, Alexandria, & Mt. Vernon Railway Co. v. LukensCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1909
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArmstrongTexas Supreme Court · 1899
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