International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Simcock

TARLTON, Judge, Section B.

W. B. Simcock brought this suit in the District Court of Hays County to recover of the International & Great Northern Bailway Company $25,000 damages for personal injuries received by him in a wreck of one of defendant’s passenger trains on which plaintiff was a passenger. Plaintiff alleged that the coach which he occupied was derailed, overturned, and that he was hurt thereby, and that said derailment was caused by the railway track being in bad condition and' out of repair. Defendant answered by special exception, general denial, and plea of not guilty.

The case was…