Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Williams

Appellee, Williams, instituted this suit against the appellant, the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of injuries received while working as a switchman for appellant in its switchyards in the city of Fort Worth. In the petition, appellee alleged, in substance, and in so far as pertinent to the questions presented and discussed, that at the time he was injured he was engaged in interstate commerce and occupied in switching a car used for purpose of such commerce; that the ear or cars which at the time it was his duty…