Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Mills
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of El Paso County. Tried below before Hon. J. R. Harper.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
This is a suit for damages instituted by appellee, and a trial resulted in a judgment for him in the sum of $7,500. This is a second appeal, the opinion in the first being reported in 49 Texas Civ. App., 349.
Appellee was a fireman in the employ of appellant, and on November 14, 1906, while acting in the line of his duty, he went under an engine that was standing still and the engine automatically moved backward and crushed his right leg so that it had to be amputated about five inches below the lmee. The movement of the engine was caused by a throttle valve which…
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- Gautier v. FranklinTexas Supreme Court · 1846
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