International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. Downing

WILLIAMS,

Associate Justice.—This is an appeal from a judgment recovered against appellant by appellee for damages on account of personal injuries sustained by him while traveling as a passenger on one of appellant’s freight trains, which are alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the conductor.

The petition alleged that on January 2, 1895, plaintiff was riding on a freight train as a passenger from Mineóla to Dickinson, by virtue of a live stock contract, made between the plaintiff and the Texas and Pacific Railway Company at Port Worth, by which the latter agreed to transport…