Texas Mexican Railway Co. v. Douglas

Hobby, Judge.—

This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by the appellee against the appellant in the sum of $12,000 for compensatory damages, resulting from personal injuries received by the former while in the employment óf appellant.

The circumstances under which the appellee was injured were as follows: He was a plumber by trade, and was employed by appellant to work in the line of his trade, and when not so engaged he was to make himself generally useful about the shops of the company. He was under the direction and control of the master mechanic of the appellant, Sutcliffe. On the 1st…