St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Rea
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Grayson County. Rea sued the railway company for injuries to the person, and recovered a judgment which was affirmed on appeal by defendant. The company then obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The defendant in error, a car inspector in the service of plaintiff in error, was between the tender and a car of a passenger train being made up, when other employes, by means of an engine, ran another car against those in his rear and inflicted the injuries for which he recovered the judgment before us. The alleged acts of negligence upon which he based his action were (1) the propelling of the car with such force against the rear of the train; (8) the failure to have the brakes set upon the standing cars; and (3) the failure of his foreman, who was a vice…
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