Lewis v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

HODGES, Associate Justice.

The appellant is the widow of' Charles Lewis, who is alleged to have been killed while in the employ of the appellee - railway company by reason of the negligence of the company in not furnishing him a safe place in which to perform his labors. She sues for damages in the sum of $1990. The testimony shows that Lewis was employed about the shops of the railway company in the city of Marshall; that it was a part of his duty to carry engine pilots from a place in the yard into the shops, where they were put upon engines. He was furnished for that purpose a two-wheeled…