Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Eason
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
J. D. Eason, the defendant in error, sued the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, the plaintiff in error, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted on him by the railway company through, the negligence of its employés. He alleged that on the 30th of September, 1896, lie, with others, was engaged as a section hand in repairing the defendant’s track from Brazos station eastward a distance of several miles, and in the work he was under the direction and control of the defendant’s foreman, William Wooten; that the foreman commanded him and the other…
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