Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Howard

DENTON, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, Article 45, Section 51 et seq. U.S. Code Annotated. Appellee, A. D. Howard, while employed by the Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Company as a switchman received a back injury on February 15, 1963, while lifting a metal gate which enclosed a spur track leading to an industrial area. The trial court, based on a jury verdict, entered judgment for plaintiff below, and the defendant railroad has perfected this appeal.

In response to the special issues submitted, the jury found: (1) the double…