Carter v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bowie County ; P. A. Turner, Judge. Action by C. W. Carter against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
In this case the appellant, C. W. Carter, seeks to recover a judgment for damages for personal injuries received September 21, 1911, while in the service of the appellee. The pleadings and the evidence show that, at the time of the injury, the appellant was the head brakeman on a local freight train operated by the appellee between Texarkana, Tex., and Shreveport, La. The crew to which the appellant belonged had orders to pick up an empty refrigerator car at Myrtis, La., on their return from Shreveport to Texarkana. When their train arrived at Myrtis, it went in on the siding in order to…
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