Southern Pac. Co. v. Sorey
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; James R. Harper, Judge. Action by G. P. Sorey against the Southern Pacific Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPeticolas, C. J.
This was a personal injury case from El Paso county, Tex., in which plaintiff alleged that he was in the employ of the defendant, and while in line of his duty he was sitting in a chair in -a caboose attached to one of defendant company’s freight trains; that the train was negligently stopped with a severe jar, or jolt, and, in an effort to protect himself from injury, he attempted to catch hold of the door casing of the caboose; that the door of the caboose shut on appellee’s right hand, and severely bruised, mangled, and mashed the same so that one of his fingers had to be amputated. He…
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