Hines v. Flinn

This suit was brought by appellee, Flinn, against appellants, Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, and the El Paso & Southwestern Railway Company of Arizona, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of appellants as a section foreman on one of its lines of railroad in New Mexico. The facts are substantially without dispute and are as follows:

On February 3, 1919, Walker D. Hines was the Director General of Railroads, including the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Company, and was then operating the lines of said company in New…