St. Louis, S. F. & T. Ry. Co. v. Green

Defendant in error brought this suit against plaintiff in error alleging that he was employed by it in the shops at Sherman, Tex., as a laborer in building and rebuilding its ears. That while he was performing his work in using a sledge hammer to drive a rivet out of the sill of a car, the jar occasioned thereby caused a steel post, weighing about 125 pounds, which had been left unfastened at the top and insecurely fastened at the bottom, to fall upon him, inflicting serious and permanent injuries.

Upon the trial a jury answered all special issues submitted in defendant in error’s favor and…