Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Brewer

This suit was brought by appellee to recover of appellant the sum of $25,000 damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges, in substance, that he received the injuries of which he complains while engaged with other employees of .appellant'in its yards at Yoakum, Tex., in loading heavy timbers, called “stringers,” upon one of appellant’s cars; that the timbers were loaded on the ear “by means of a hoisting machine which consisted of a power appliance, a crane, pulleys and chains, or cables and hooks; that appellee was…