Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Hammond

This suit was instituted by appellee, J. H. Hammond, in the district court of Dallam county, Tex., against the appellant, the Chicago, Rock Island Gulf Railway Company, to recover damages for personal injuries which he alleges he received while employed by appellant as locomotive hostler helper at Dalhart, Tex. He pleads:

That, in connection with its business as a common carrier, the railway company operated and maintained at Dalhart, a roundhouse, switch tracks, repair tracks, and various other equipment, in connection with which it owned and operated a large coal house or chute of sufficient…