Roberts v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

RAY, Justice.

Appellant (Plaintiff) Bennie Roberts, filed an action for money damages against Appellee (Defendant), Texas & Pacific Railway Company, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (Title 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.). The action arose out of injuries sustained by appellant Roberts on August 14, 1969, while moving a ‘straightening device’ inside one of appellee’s railroad cars. The case was tried to a jury in the District Court of Harrison County, Seventy-first Judicial District, and the court submitted thirteen special issues to the jury for answering. After deliberating most of a day,…