Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Buch

PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by Ed. Buch, as next friend of his minor son, Alfred Buch, to recover damages for said minor for personal injuries alleged to have been caused him by the negligence of the Texas & New Orleans Bailroad Company. The cause of action is alleged in plaintiff’s petition as follows: “That on or about the 6th day of July, 1903, and long prior thereto, it had been the habit, usage and custom of the defendant railroad company to carry small.boys on its cars and engines to and from what is known as the creosote works, east of the city of Houston; that on…