H. & T. C. R'y Co. v. Leslie

Citations

• 57 Tex. 83
• 1882 Tex. LEXIS 99

Syllabus

<p>1. Damages.— If a disease causing suffering or permanent injury results proximately from personal injuries inflicted by the negligence of a railway company, the suffering caused by that disease constitutes an element in estimating damages; nor is this rule affected by the fact that such a disease would not ordinarily result from the original personal injury inflicted.</p> <p>'¿. Contributory negligence.— A passenger on a railway car who leaps from it when the train is in such rapid motion as to render the act manifestly unsafe, cannot recover damages for the personal injuries suffered by his thus leaping from the car; nor are his rights affected by the act of the employees managing the train, in not stopping at the depot where the passenger stepped in the car the five minutes required by statute, whereby he was being carried away without his consent.</p>