Wichita Falls, R. & FT. W. R. Co. v. Combs

Appellee brought this suit against the appellant for damages arising from personal injuries inflicted upon him by reason of a defective automatic coupler, alleged to have occurred in the following manner, to wit: That appellant was engaged in operating a line of railway as a common carrier; that appellee was employed as a conductor, with the duty of assisting in switching and coupling ears; that while so engaged at the time and place of the injury the tract: was rough and uneven. The drawheads of the coupler were old, worn, defective, out of place, etc., and it became, necessary for him to…