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

Defendant in error, Gilbert J. Contois, was employed by plaintiff in error, Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, as a carpenter helper. He and the carpenter under whom he was working were engaged in laying a drain to drain the rainwater from the railroad tracks opposite the company’s depot at San Antonio. To effect this purpose, they were placing cast-iron grates between the rails of the track so that the water would go into the drain under the tracks. In order for the grates to fit between the rails it became necessary to cut some of them, and to accomplish this Con-tois held…