Bonner Eddy, Receivers v. La None

HOBBY, Presiding Judge.

This is an action for the recovery ■of damages for personal injuries sustained by the appellee in December, 1889, while in the service of the appellants.

The case made by the proof is as follows: Appellee was at the time stated employed as night switchman in the yards of the International & Great Northern Railway at Palestine, Texas, which road was being operated by appellants as receivers, duly appointed as such.. It appears that the appellee arrived at Palestine on the 30th day of November, 1889, and in about an hour after his arrival in that city he was employed as…