Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Turner

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

William Turner was struck and killed by the cars of the Houston & Texas Central Bailroad Company, on November 20, 1901. He was a section foreman of appellant and in charge of a gang of men at work in its switch yard in the city of Waxahachie. There were three parallel tracks in the yard a short distance apart, running east and west. The north track was known as the passing track, the middle as the main track, and the south track as the elevator track. The -section men under the control of the deceased,William Turner, were engaged at the time of the accident in…