Texas & New Orleans Railway Co. v. Mortensen

GARRETT, Chief Justice.

This action was brought in the District Court of Harris County by Chris. Mortesen, as plaintiff, against the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, as defendant, to recover dam ages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff in the collision of a. freight train drawn by a locomotive operated by the plaintiff, as engineer, with the rear end of another freight train on defendant’s track at Sour Lake Station. The petition alleged that the collision and injuries were the result of the negligence of the defendant in the failure of its employes in charge of the train in…