Ketchum v. Texas & Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

The defendant company appeals from a judgment based on the verdict of a jury, in the sum of ten thousand dollars as damages for injuries inflicted on plaintiff’s minor son by one of the engines of the company through the alleged carelessness of the engineer, one of its employees.

The main defense is the alleged contribution ; negligence of the injured boy, who was eleven years of age at the time of the accident.

The law of the case is too well settled in jurisprudence to require any discussion at the present time.

The principles which defendant’s…