Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Neaves

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted by the appellee to recover damages for injuries received by him while in the employ of appellant as brakeman on a freight train en route from Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, to Denison, Grayson County, Texas. The accident was the result of appellant’s negligence, and occurred on the 18th day of October, 1908, at the town of Celeste in said Hunt County, while appellee was in the discharge of his duties.

At the time appellee was hurt, the crew in charge of the train was making what is known as a “dropped switch.” In doing this the engine “passed…