Trinity & Brazos Valley Ry. Co. v. Lunsford

This suit was brought by ap-pellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while engaged as a switchman in the employ of ap^ pellant in its yards at Teague, when endeavoring to couple two box ears to a switch engine ; the negligence relied upon for recovery being that appellant permitted its track and roadbed to become so out of repair as to render it dangerous to appellee in the performance of his duties as. switchman and without which said injury would not have occurred. Appellant answered by general denial and pleas of contributory negligence and assumed…