Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Fitts
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter County ; W. E. Gee, Special Judge. Action by C. I. Fitts against the Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellee, Fitts, in this action sued appellant, Panhandle & Santa Fé Railway Company, for damages occasioned by the loss of an eye. It is alleged that appellant is a railroad corporation, and that appellee was employed as a truckman, and in the course of his employment he assisted in putting an auto into a box car, and while one of the appellant’s employés was nailing a triangular block against one of the rear wheels of the auto, appellee was directed by his foreman to wrap some burlap or similar material on the other side of the wheel, to protect it from injury, and while so employed,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- East Line & Red River Railroad v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. SchubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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