Texas & N. O. R. v. Pool

263 S.W.2d 582 (1953)

TEXAS & N. O. R. CO.

v.

POOL.

No. 3107.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

November 19, 1953.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1954.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, Houston, Hancock & Hancock, Waxahachie, Taylor & Dickens, Marlin, Abner V. McCall, Waco, for appellant.

Jacobs & Schmidt, Houston, for appellee.

TIREY, Justice.

This is a negligence case brought under Federal Employers' Liability Act, § 1, as amended, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.

Appellee, an employee of appellant for more than 31 years, recovered a jury verdict in the court below for the sum of $57,971. He was a railroad engineer…