Missouri Pacifio Railway Co. v. White

COLLARD, Judge.

This suit was brought in the District Court of Grayson County by the appellee against the appellant for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff’s wife on the 16th of November, - 1885, through the negligence of the defendant.

Plaintiff was foreman of a convict gang employed on defendant’s road and kept oh a work train which was moved about on the road as needed.' Plaintiff and his wife lived together on the train in a car furnished by the company to plaintiff for that purpose, the wife not being in any sense an employe of the company. The injuries were alleged to…