St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Co. v. Woolum

COLLARD, Judge,

Section A. — Suit by appellee Woolum, against appellant St. Louis & San Francisco Bailway Company, for damages for injuries received while in the discharge of his duties as brakeman in the employ of defendant.

Plaintiff was on a car which with others had been put in motion and cut from the engine, and were to be delivered to the Pacific Bailway Company — all in the city of Paris, Texas. When the car plaintiff was on reached the crossing on the Santa Fe railway, because of a defect in the crossing it jumped the track. Plaintiff was tripped offj and fell about fifteen feet,…