Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Wharton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Nolan County; Jas. L. Shepherd, Judge. Consolidated actions by Mrs. M. E. Wharton, Mrs. Stella Williams, and Pearl Sparks against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPeticolas, C. J.
These were suits for damages by the appellees (which were consolidated) for being ejected from appellant’s passenger train under the following circumstances :
Mrs. Wharton and Mrs. Williams purchased tickets from appellant from Roscoe, Tex., to Piedmont, Ala., and return. These tickets were issued by the appellant, and in form they were tickets from Roscoe to New Orleans and from New Orleans to Roscoe over appellant’s railway, with coupons attached which were to be exchanged at New Orleans for tickets over the Louisville & Nashville and Seaboard Air Line from New Orleans to Piedmont and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fort Worth & Rio Grande Ry. Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. WisemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. St. JohnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co. v. SnowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918