Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Elmore

Appellee recovered a judgment for $1000 on account of personal injuries sustained in attempting to carry a half barrel of paint He was a porter at the depot at Rogers, Texas, and among other duties, he was required to carry freight from the cars of the railway company into the depot or freight house. At the time he was injured he was engaged in unloading freight from one of the cars of a local freight train.

The theory of the plaintiff, which is sustained by the evidence in the record, is that it was the duty of the brakemen upon the train to bring such freight to the door of the car and call…