Wells Fargo & Co. Express v. Boyle
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Hunt County. Boyle sued the express company and had judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Boyle instituted this suit in the District Court of Hunt County against the express company to recover from it damages arising from an injury received by him while in its employ at Dallas and engaged in moving a truck loaded with articles of merchandise for shipment upon the train. Briefly stated, the plaintiff alleged that "he was engaged as an employe of the defendant in moving one of its trucks to the express car in the train at Dallas when some articles fell from the top of the truck struck him on his head and inflicted serious injury. He charged that the…
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