Glover v. Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co.

HIGGINS, J.. This was a suit by William J. Glover against the defendant in error, a corporation operating a' railroad in this state, to recover damages resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on April 21, 1910, while in-the employ of defendant in error.

At the time of the accident upon which this suit is based, Glover was one of a crew of men engaged in unloading certain metal forms, referred to in the record as crossings or frogs, from á coal car in the railway company yards in Houston, under the direction and control of defendant’s foreman, Phillips. A wrecking car…