Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Rentz

Appellee recovered verdict and judgment in the court below against appellant for $6,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted upon him by appellant by striking appellee with one of its engines while he was passing over and across appellant’s platform and tracks in Denison, Tex., on the way to take up his duties as a locomotive engineer for appellant, from which judgment this appeal is taken. The grounds of negligence alleged by appel-lee and the defenses urged thereto will be sufficiently disclosed in determining the several assignments of error.

The evidence…