Payne v. Douglas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jones County ;• W. R. Chapman, Judge. Action by C. D. Douglas against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, in which John Barton Payne, as Director General and Agent, was substituted as defendant. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWalthall, J.
This suit was instituted by appellee, C. D. Douglas, on January 22, 1920, against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads to recover damages for personal injuries, but later substituting as sole defendant John Barton Payne, Director General and Agent, appellant herein.
Appellee alleged that he was in the service of appellant as fireman on one of appellant’s engines and train, and that on the 16th day of December, 1919, while malting a run over the Wichita Valley Railroad and the Abilene & Southern Railroad, and when the train reached Hamlin, the train stopped at a water tank to take…
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