Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Boyd

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while riding as a passenger on defendant’s train at Lansing Switch, January 31, 1888. Plaintiff was an employe of defendant in the capacity of fireman on a locomotive, with headquarters at Longview, but at the time of the injury was not on duty, and was riding as a passenger on a pass from Longview to another station on defendant’s road, and was riding on the engine by permission of the engineer. At the time of the injury the road was in the hands of John C. Brown, receiver of…