Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Pendleton

NEILL, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the latter.

The negligence alleged is, in substance, that on the 19th of April, 1901, while plaintiff was in the service of defendant, engaged in the duties of his employment in watering cars of a passenger train from a hydrant located between and in close proximity to the railroad track on which the cars were standing and an adjoining parallel track, defend, ant negligently kicked a coal car onto the last mentioned track at a…