Payne v. Harris
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harrison County; P. O. Beard, Judge. Action by C. S. Harris against John Barton Payne, as Director General, and later Agent, of the Texas '& Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
In June, 1918, the appellee, C. S. Harris, was injured while in the service of the appellant as the Director General of the Texas Pacific Railway Company. This appeal is from the judgment in favor of Harris for $13,000 as damages.
The evidence shows that Harris was employed in the railway shops at Marshall, Tex., as a laborer. At the time of the injury he and three other employés were engaged in moving boxes filled with iron cuspidors from one part of the building to another. The injury occurred as the result of an effort by Harris and his fellow employés to lift one of those boxes and place…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
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- Lancaster v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Thornhill v. Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
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