Thompson v. Denham

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a $34,900 judgment, entered by the 23rd District Court of Brazoria County, Texas, Hon. T.' M. Gup-ton, judge, presiding, upon a jury’s verdict on Special Issues, finding the appellant to have been negligent toward the appellee while the latter was working for it as a machinist at its shop in Velasco, Texas.

The appellee’s suit, so resulting below, had been brought by him against the appellant under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Sec. 51, et seq., Title 45, of the United States Code, as amended by the Act of August 11, 1939, 45…