Gulf, Western Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Ryan
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun. Tried below before the Hon. H. Clay Pleasants. In this case a verdict was rendered for the appellee for seven thousand five hundred dollars. The leading facts of the case are given in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Acker, Judge.
Appellee brought this suit to recover damages for personal injury resulting in the amputation of his right leg below the knee. The petition alleged substantially “that plaintiff was employed by defendant as road master, and on the twenty-sixth of December, 1879, left Xndianola on defendant’s train to go up the road in the performance of his duty, in obedience to directions given him on the twenty-second of that month; that at the tank, twelve miles from Xndianola, where the train stopped for water, he got off the train and went to give directions to employes there about thawing…
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