Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Co. v. Rogers

HIGGINS, Justice.

Mrs. Rogers brought this suit against appellant to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of her son Iloilo Rogers. She recovered judgment in the sum of $3,500, from which the defendant appeals.

The deceased was a member of appellant’s bridge gang. He was an experienced man in that line of work having been so engaged for many years.

At the time he received the injury which caused his death the gang was engaged in unloading heavy stringers from a steel gondola, car. A. S. Edwards was the foreman of the gang and in charge of the work being done.

The car was thirty-six…