Whitney v. Texas Central Railroad

FISHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by appellant, a minor, against the appellee for the sum of $50,000 damages, on account of the loss of both of his feet and a portion of both legs, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant on December 14, 1904; that at the time he was injured he was between 16 and 17 years of age; that he was invited and permitted to ride on one of defendant’s engines then being operated in its yards at Waco; that he mounted the engine by permission of the employes in charge of the train to which the engine was attached, and that he left the engine for…