Lancaster v. Crockett

Ed Crockett, plaintiff below, sued the receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company for damages, alleging that, while he was engaged as a laborer in unloading ears on defendants’ track at East-land, Tex., on or about July 22, 1922, defendants’ servants and agents negligently and carelessly pushed or backed a string of cars on to the switch where the car was being unloaded, causing plaintiff to be caught in the trucks of said car and causing plaintiff severe and permanent injury as the result thereof, and his right arm was severed from his body. He alleged that the defendants and their…