Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Newton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Grayson County. Tried below before Hon. B. L. Jones.
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT, Associate Justice.
The appellee instituted this suit against the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries received by him on the 18th day of January, 1907, at Denison, Texas, while in the employ of appellant in its car repairing department. It is alleged that appellee was lacking in skill and experience, which appellant knew, or by the use of ordinary care could have known, and that he was sent to straighten up the framework of a car that was careened to one side;- that said work was dangerous and required under ordinary circumstances at least two or three men to perform it,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Hume Bros.Texas Supreme Court · 1894
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. StanleyTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Mo. Pac. R'y Co. v. WattsTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
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