Texas-Mexican Ry. Co. v. Creekmore
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Nueces County; W. B. Hopkins, Judge. Suit by R. H. Creekmore against the Texas Mexican Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSwearingen, J.
R. H. Creekmore, the appellee, brought this suit against the Texas-Mexican Railway Company, appellant, to recover damages for personal injuries caused .by derailment of appellant’s train, in which appellee was performing his duties as railway mail clerk. A general charge was submitted to a jury, which returned a general verdict in favor of appellee for the sum of $6,000.
The first amended petition alleges that ap-pellee, a postal clerk, while riding in the mail car provided for railway postal clerks, and while attending to the duties of his employment, a part of appellant’s train, including…
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