Houston & T. C. R. R. Co. v. Willie
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
The appellee, John Willie, sued the appellant, the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company, for alleged damages for injuries occasioned when in the discharge of his duty as brakeman, in an attempt to couple the train of the defendant company, which resulted in the loss of an arm, and by which he has been permanently disabled.
The legal grounds of his complaint may be stated in general terms to have been alleged carelessness on the part of the defendant company in the employment of other servants who were-incompetent and unskilful, and particularly the engineer,…
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