Galveston, H. & H. R. v. Hodnett

This suit was brought by W. J. Hodnett against the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Company, for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been received on the 10th day of August, 1910. At the time of the accident appellee was a section foreman in appellant’s employ, and, with a gang of Mexicans under his direction, was engaged at the time in unloading steel rails from a flat car. The accident happened early in the morning, shortly after the plaintiff began work. To do this work, an engine was coupled onto either two or three cars, one of which was a flat car loaded with…