Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Schilling

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

—Appellee, as plaintiff, instituted this suit on December 16, 1901, against the appellant as defendant, to recover $50,000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on account of the negligence of its foreman, George Boggs, in giving to plaintiff, as switchman, improper orders in reference to the handling of the cars about which he was engaged in the Denison yards on the night of April 16, 1901. A trial before a jury on October 17, 1902, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $13,000, to reverse which this appeal is…