Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Pollock

Citations

• 69 Tex. 120
• 5 S.W. 814
• 1887 Tex. LEXIS 789

Syllabus

<p>1. Common Carriers. — Considerations of public policy require that a com. pany operating a sleeping car attached to a railway train, and used for the comfort and transportation of passengers, should use reasonable care to guard the passengers from theft. When a failure to exercise such cara results in the loss by theft of such personal effects as a passenger may reasonably carry with him, the sleeping ear company is liable.</p> <p>2. Same. — The liability of the sleeping car company is not affected by the fact that the railway company, to whose train the sleeping ear is attached may receive the greater part of the money paid by the passenger for his transportation. The sleeping car company is still a carrier of .passengers, and it is liable as such.</p> <p>8. Same. — If the passenger retains the exclusive control of his baggage, the carrier is not responsible for its loss, unless such loss results from the carrier’s negligence.</p>