Mayo v. Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Potter Comity; Henry S. Bishop, Judge. Action by B. Pedro Mayo against the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plain-tin appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHuff, C. J.
The appellant Mayo brought this suit against the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company and John Barton Payne, Agent. - He sued for damages on account of personal injuries sustained while in the employment of the railway company, in its coal yards, in unloading coal cars. The facts alleged as constituting negligence were in effect that the dumping apparatus on the coal car was defective and out of order, and under the direction of the foreman he was directed to use a lining bar as a lever and insert the bar in the sprocket wheel, and that the iron dog on the sprocket wheel was broken, and…
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