Texas N. O. R. Co. v. Bell

This is a personal injury case which was submitted to the jury upon the general issue, resulting in verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for $25,000 damages, from which the defendant appeals.

The switching movement in which the plaintiff was engaged at the time of his injury was a matter of interstate commerce.

The appellee’s theory of the case, as stated in his brief, is 'substantially correct. . With some slight changes it is adopted.

On the night of December 6, 1928, plaintiff was working in the railroad yards in El Paso as a member of appellant’s switching crew of which E. W. Mack was…