Jackson v. Houston E. & W. T. Ry. Co.

Appellant, while in the discharge of his duties to appellee as freight conductor, received the injuries forming the basis of this suit. We quote as follows from his petition:

"Plaintiff alleges that all of his injuries and damage sustained directly and proximately resulted from one or more of the following acts of negligence, operating either singly or concurrently, to wit:

"(a) The defendant, the Houston East West Texas Railway Company, was negligent in failing to exercise ordinary care and prudence to provide the plaintiff a reasonably safe place and premises on which to perform his services…