Rogers v. Galveston City Railway Co.

COLLARD, Judge.

The platform of the street car on which appellant, the plaintiff below, was a driver at the time of the injury, becoming worn by the feet of the drivers continually standing thereon, it was repaired by two planks which were nailed down on the floor. The platform at the front part is five feet across; its general width is five feet and five inches. One of the planks nailed down in front near the dashboard is eleven inches wide and two feet long, and the other plank is nine inches wide and two feet five inches long; they touch each other, and are beveled down at the edges; one of…