Bonner and Eddy v. Bean

HENRY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by the defendant in error to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while in the employment of the defendants, as a railway switch-man. Judgment upon the verdict of a jury was rendered in his favor for $5000.

TTis petition charged that he was attempting to couple at night two cars known as “Waters Pierce oil” cars; that said cars had on their ends projections known as deadwoods, which consisted of pieces of iron bolted to the ends of the cars, and were so arranged as to come close together when the cars are coupled; that such…