Freeman v. Swan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; E. R. Campbell, Special Judge. Action by Charles E. Swan against T. J. Freeman, receiver. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPeticolas, C. J.
This was a personal injury suit in which the appellee, while engaged in coupling cars, was injured.
The facts immediately attendant upon the injury were as follows: In its yards in the city of Houston, the International & Gre.at Northern Railroad has a track which runs between a freighthouse platform and another freight platform on the opposite side of the track. On the night of the injury, the appellee was one of a switching crew who were endeavoring to couple onto an M., K. & T. car, which stood on this track. The approaching car was a Wabash car, and both were equipped with automatic…
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