Glover v. Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co.

This was a suit by William J. Glover against the defendant in error, a corporation operating a railroad in this state, to recover damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on April 21, 1910, while in the employ of defendant in error.

At the time of the accident upon which this suit is based, Glover was one of a crew of men engaged in unloading certain metal forms, referred to in the record as crossings or frogs, from a coal car in the railway company yards in Houston, under the direction and control of defendant's foreman, Phillips. A wrecking car was used in…