TEXAS & PACIFIC RY. CO. v. RIGSBY

No. 523.

241 U.S. 33 (1916)

TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. RIGSBY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.H. Prendergast for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S.P. Jones for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, Rigsby, while in the employ of plaintiff in error as a switchman in its yard at Marshall, Texas, was engaged, with others of the yard crew, in taking some "bad order" cars to the shops there to be repaired. The switch engine and crew went upon a spur track, hauled out three cars, and switched them upon the main line, intending to go back upon the...

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