Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Hammond

This suit was instituted by appellee, J. H. Hammond, in the district court of Dallam county, Tex., against the appellant, the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, to recover damages fox-personal injuries which he alleges he received while employed by appellant as loco-, motive hostler helper at Dalhart, Tex. He pleads:

That, in connection with its business as a common carrier, the railway company operated and maintained at Dalhart, a roundhouse, switch tracks; repair tracks, and various other equipment, in connection with which it owned and operated a large coal house or chute of…