Ortega v. Texas-New Mexico Railway Company

NOBLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from- a judgment upon a jury verdict awarding damages to Manuel Ortega (one of the appellees) for injuries sustained by him while unloading a car of transite pipe delivered by appellant railway company to his employer. Standard Accident and Insurance Company was the workmen’s compensation carrier for Ortega’s employer and was allowed recovery of compensation payments made by it out of the award to Ortega.

Appellant received the car from another railroad company and delivered it to the consignee at a siding. Appellee Ortega was helping unload the pipe when he…