Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Hale

The appellee sued the appellant to recover damages resulting from personal injuries sustained while in the service of the appellant. The proof shows that in October, 1913, the appellee was the fireman of a derrick engine which was being used in loading and unloading steel rails from the cars of a construction train. The crew to which the appellee belonged was at or near Eagle Ford, a station on the appellant’s line. They had stopped at this place to do some switching in shifting the relative position of some of the cars in that train. This train was composed of the car on which the derrick…