Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Brooks

This suit was brought by ap-pellee, Brooks, against the Panhandle & Santa PS Railway Company, to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by appellee while in the employment of appellant and being engaged at the time of the alleged injury in moving some heavy bridge timber from one car to another. This appeal is from a judgment for the plaintiff, rendered oh a general verdict of the jury in his favor.

It was alleged, and evidence offered in support of the allegations, that four men, including the plaintiff, working under the direction of a foreman, who assisted to some…