Baker v. Cobb

This is a suit for damages in-

stituted by appellee against James A. Baker, as receiver of the International & Great Northern Railway Company, which it was alleged accrued by reason of appellee being forced by threats and violence to jump from a moving freight train. Appellant pleaded general denial, and that appellee was a trespasser on the train, and that he was guilty of contributory negligence in leaving the train while in motion. The cause was submitted to the jury on special issues, and upon the answers thereto judgment was rendered in favor of appellee for $3,000.

Appellee was…