Pullman Co. v. Ransaw

Defendant in error, Ben Bansaw, sued plaintiff in error, the Pullman Company, in the district court of El Paso county, for damages for personal injuries suffered by him in the discharge of his duties as porter on one of the company’s cars, while standing in the yards at El Paso. He had been instructed to stay on the car, protect it from trespassers, and have it ready to move at any time. The company employed certain watchmen to guard its ears while in the yards, and instructed them to put any person they found therein out of the same, and to turn such person over to the police. The watchmen…