Stephenville, N. & S. T. Ry. Co. v. Wheat
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Comanche County; J. H. Arnold, Judge. Action by Lester Wheat against the Steph-enville, North & South Texas Railway Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants separately appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
During the year 1911 Thompson & Scott, a firm composed of J. W. Thompson and John R. Scott, were engaged as contractors in the construction of a line of railway for the appellant railway company. Appellee was employed by said firm as an engine watchman in the railway yards at Maxwell, in Comanche county, apd on the night of September 23, 1911, in the course of his duty, was endeavoring to pass from the tender of a locomotive standing upon one of the tracks in the yards back and over some water tanks situated upon a flat car attached to the engine. As he alleged and testified, while in the act…
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