Fort Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Bell

On the night of’February 8, 1926, in the city of Bowie, Grady B. Bell attempted to pass between two box cars of a freight train operated by the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, and while so doing he fell, and one of his arms was so badly crushed under the wheels of the train that it had to be amputated just below the elbow.

He instituted this suit against the railway company for damages for that injury, and this appeal has been prosecuted by the de fendant company from a judgment in his favor in the sum of $10,000.

The case was tried before a jury, to whom was submitted special issues.…