Texas & N. O. Ry. Co. v. Siewert

F. C. Siewert brought this suit against the Texas & New Orleans Rail way Company, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, and the Houston, East & West Texas Railway Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him through the negligence of defendants. The plaintiff alleged that he was employed by the defendant as a helper and blacksmith's assistant in the shops in the city of Houston, but his particular employment on the day of his injury was the painting of steel spring leaves; that in the course of his employment it became necessary for him to pass through…