Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co. of Texas v. Waddles

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Oscar Waddles, filed this suit under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., on March 2, 1942, against appellant, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company of Texas, for damages alleged to have resulted from personal injuries inflicted upon him when a large, vicious yearling attacked him as a result of various alleged acts of negligence of appellant. Appellant answered by general denial, that any injury received by appellee was due to his own negligence or due to an unavoidable accident and that any disability he may have…