Hallaway v. Thompson

The sole question presented in this case is whether the petitioner’s action was barred by limitation, as held by both of the courts below.

The petitioner was injured on December 1, 1944, in a collision between a switch engine, on which he was riding, and an automobile. On November 19, 1946, he filed his original petition, complaining of Guy A. Thompson, Trustee for the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company (hereafter called the Mexico Company), and alleging that he was an employee of this defendant at the time of -the injury. The plaintiff’s first amended original petition,- filed on…