Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Rance

Appellee recovered a judgment against • appellant in the sum of $1,000 for the loss of an eye, which, as he alleges, was caused by being struck in the eye by a hot cinder, thrown from a passing locomotive engine with a defective spark arrester. On or about October 10,1932, appellee was in the employ of appellant as a laborer, and was living in a box car furnished by appellant at a rental of $2 per month, on a passing track at Gifford. At about 4:30 p. m., after his day’s work was done, he left his box car home to get a bucket of coal from a tank car nearby, and, as he was returning with the…