Gulf, Texas & Western Railway Co. v. Dickey

The action was by William Dickey for the recovery of damages be-cause of personal injuries suffered by his eight-year-old son, Maryland Dickey, through the act of Ed Moss, an engine hostler in the employ of the defendant railway company. The boy was scalded by steam and hot water escaping from a hose in an engine cab where he was at the time, the engine being then at a station in the charge of Moss, who was preparing it for a run. The hose was used to sprinkle coal in the engine tender. It was connected with an injector by‘means of a valve. The injector was used to refill the engine boiler…