Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. Brewer

This is an appeal from a judgment in appellee’s favor in the sum of $2,500, account damages arising from personal injuries. Appellant was engaged in the construction of a line of railway between th'e cities of Galveston and Houston, and appellee was in its employ as driver of a track automobile. While driving the automobile in the discharge of his duties, the same was derailed, and appellee sustained the injuries complained of. Appellant is alleged to have been guilty of negligence in furnishing a defective automobile for appellee to drive, in that the rear axle was defective, which…