McAdoo v. Campbell

The plaintiff, Cline V. Campbell, sued the Houston Belt Terminal Railway Company for damages, but later amended, dismissing the railway company, and substituting W. G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads, in conformity with special order No. 50 of the Director General. By his first amended original petition, filed November 30, 1918, he claimed damages in the amount of $25,000, alleging the loss of his hand and other injuries, due to a fall by reason of a handhold having been insecurely fastened to a box car upon which he was climbing, while he was in the service of Wm. J. Burns Detective…