Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Brown

NEILL, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted by the negligence of the latter. Appellant’s answer consisted of a general denial and plea of contributory negligence.

The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee for $12,000.

The evidence shows that on the 2d day of July, 1902, the appellee was in- the employment of appellant as a brakeman on one of its freight trains which was run over its road from Sanderson to Del Rio; that when the train reached Langtry, an…