International-Great Northern R. v. Hailey

Appellee instituted this suit against appellant to recover damages for injuries which he suffered while performing his duties as a brakeman in appellant’s employ. He alleged that the injury was caused by an inefficient brake on a certain ear, which, while in his line of duty, he was attempting to stop, and that as a result thereof he was permanently injured in the lower part of his back, in the lumbar and sacral regions, and in the left sacro-iliae joint. The cause was ‘tried to a jury, submitted on special issues, and resulted in a judgment being entered for appellee for $17,500.

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