Rambie v. San Antonio & Gulf Railroad

JAMES, Chief Justice.

Appellant sued to recover damages for injury to his wife, alleging negligence of defendant in having a bolt projecting from the car step and allowing the step in use to become worn thin and slick, which caused his wife to fall and be injured in alighting from the car at Stockdale Station.

Defendant pleaded a general denial, and pleas of contributory negligence. First. That the car stopped, that a number of passengers, including plaintiff’s wife, proceeded to leave the car, that a number of them were in front of her and left the car down the step on the south side of the…