Payne v. Doubtful
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County ; W. E. Monteith, Judge. Action by James Doubtful against John Barton Payne, agent for the United States Railroad Administration operating the International & Great Northern Railway. Judgment for plaintiff, and the Agent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
In the court below James Doubtful, as a result of personal injuries, obtained a $10,000 judgment against John Barton Payne, agent for the United States Railroad Administration operating the International & Great Northern Railway at Conroe, Tex., and the latter appeals.
The main facts and steps of procedure leading to the judgment were-these:
The train was a freight known as a tie train, and, in charge of appellant’s operatives, was engaged at the time in loading railroad ties for the Signor Tie Company, the signals for its movements for that purpose being given by the tie company’s foreman, Mr.…
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