Thompson v. Gibson

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

This is a suit brought by Jay Lee Gibson against New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railway Company, and others, for damages on account of personal injuries under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, as amended in 1939, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., Gibson, an engineer for the defendant Railroad and its Trustee, was injured as the result of a fall in the Settegast Railroad Yards in Harris County, Texas. Trial to a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, from which the defendant appealed.

Judgment affirmed.

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