Hines v. Parry

Defendant in error, Parry, filed this suit against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, alleging that he was injured in a wreck on the line of the St. Louis, San Francisco Texas Railway Company, whereby he sustained damages in the sum of $15,500. The case was tried before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for $2,500.

Plaintiff in error requested the court to charge the jury as follows:

"Gentlemen of the jury, you are instructed that if you find and believe from the evidence that the derailment of the train on which plaintiff claims to have been injured was caused by some…