Perez v. Houston & T. C. R. Co.

Appellant filed this suit against appellee, seeking to recover for personal injuries which he claimed to have received while working as a section hand. He alleged that he had his foot injured by reason of a heavy piece of bridge timber, which was being unloaded, falling upon and crushing it. He alleged that appellee was guilty of negligence (a) in requiring him to work in the rain and in an unsafe and insecure place; (b) in failing to have a sufficient number of men to handle the bridge timbers; (c) in having the heavy bridge timbers handled without having issued intelligible rules for…