McAdoo v. Campbell

Tbe plaintiff, Cline V. Campbell, sued tbe Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company for damages, but later amended, dismissing tbe railway company, and substituting W. G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, in conformity with special order No. 50 of the Director General. By bis first amended original petition, filed November 30, 1918, be claimed' damages in tbe amount of $25,000, alleging tbe loss of bis band and other injuries, due to a fall by reason of a handhold having been insecurely fastened to a box car upon which he was climbing, while he was in the service of Wm. J. Burns Detective…