Payne v. Harris

The case, as stated by the Court of Civil Appeals, follows:

“In June, 1918, the appellee, C. S. Harris, was injured while in the service of the appellant as the Director General of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. This appeal is from the judgment in favor of Harris for $13,000 as damages.

“The evidence shows that Harris was employed in 'the railway shops at Marshall, Tex., as a laborer. At the time of the injury he and three .other employés were engaged in moving boxes filled with iron cuspidors from one part of the building to another. The injury occurred as the result of an effort by…