Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Nichols

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Appellee was working for appellant at its freight and passenger depot at Cisco, Texas, under the direction of the local agent, and while engaged in handling freight and baggage, and assisting to load and unload the same, undertook, in connection with Will Gillis, a train porter, to lift a heavy trunk from the depot platform to the baggage car, when the trunk slipped out of the hands of the latter and fell on appellee, producing the injuries of which he complains.

The evidence warranted a finding that Will Gillis was guilty of negligence in not taking better hold of…