Paris & G. N. R. v. Flanders
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Charles Flanders against the Paris & Great Northern Railroad Company and others. A judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (165 S. W. 98), and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtPhillips, C. J.
The suit of the defendant in error, Flanders, for damages on account of personal injuries suffered while engaged in his duties as a switchman in the employ of the plaintiffs in error, was predicated upon two distinct issues of negligence, and each of them was submitted by the court in its general charge to the jury. One was permitting a road engine to stand in the railway yards where Flanders was working at night — at the time of his injury setting the brakes on a car which had been shunted or “kicked in” by the switch engine on a side track, and which violently collided with another car…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. EyerTexas Supreme Court · 1902
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