Bonner v. Glenn
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Houston. Tried below before Hon. F. A. Williams. This is an appeal from a judgment upon a verdict for $5000 for personal injuries inflicted upon plaintiff by alleged negligence of the defendants, operating the railroad upon which the accident happened.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
This was an action brought by appellee against the appellants as receivers of the International & Great North*533ern Railroad, to recover damages for personal injuries. At the time of the accident he was in the employment of appellants as a "pumper” upon the line of the railroad, and it was his duty to fill with water two tanks situated about thirteen miles distant from each other. To perform his work it was necessary to make frequent passages from one tank to the other, and in doing so he was permitted to ride upon any of the trains passing along the road. On the…
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