Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Bodie
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hunt. Tried below before Hon. H. C. Connor.
1Opinion of the Court
TEMPLETON, Associate Justice.
—E. W. Bodie was in the employ of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas in the capacity of rear brakeman on a local freight train which ran between Greenville and Hughes Springs. The train left Hughes Springs about on time on the morning of December 13, 1901, and was due at Greenville that evening. The engine pulling the train was old, defective and out of repair, and the fuel supply was insufficient in quantity and poor in quality. On this account the train fell badly behind time and finally stalled on the track about two miles from Greenville at…
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