Lawrence v. Texas Central Railway Co.

HUNTER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was a section hand in the employ of appellee, when he, with his section gang, was ordered by the foreman to unload a car of cross ties which had been set out on a side track, it appearing to be a part of his duty as a section hand to perform this kind of service when so ordered. Flippen and another section hand were inside the car throwing out the cross ties, while appellant and another section hand were picking them up and bearing them a few feet away from the track and stacking them. Flippen had been working with appellant and the section gang for about…