Dobson v. New Orleans & Western Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

This is an action for the recovery of - twenty thousand dollars damages for personal injuries which the plaintiff alleges he sustained at the hands of the defendant.

On the issue joined and trial had before the district judge, a decree was rendered in favor of the defendant, rejecting the demands of .the plaintiff, and the latter prosecutes this appeal.

The statement of the plaintiff’s case, as it appears in the petition, is substantially as follows, to-wit:

That on the 5th day of August, 1896, petitioner was employed as foreman of laborers by…