Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company v. Deen

The judgment here under review is one by the Court of Civil Appeals (306 S.W. 2d 171) affirming, upon condition of remittitur of $5500, a $21,450 judgment of the trial court in favor of the plaintiff Been in his action for personal injuries against the defendant Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, [ 45 U.S.C.A. Section 51] the affirmance being consequent upon reversal by the Supreme Court of the United States of the prior judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals in the same case, in which the latter court had held the verdict to be without…