Beaumont G. N. R. Co. v. Gonzales

Antonio Gonzales brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employment of the Beaumont & Great Northern Railroad Company, and upon a trial before a jury recovered a judgment for $2,750. The defendant has appealed.

Gonzales was one óf a gang of laborers engaged in relaying defendant’s railroad tracks and improving its roadbed, and was working under, the direction and control of one Andrews, defendant’s vice principal. The gang was camped about four or five miles from the town of Trinity. Two negro women did the cooking at the camp. On Saturday…