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ADKINS v. TEXAS & P. RY. CO.

No. 15185.

233 S.W.2d 956 (1950)

ADKINS v. TEXAS & P. RY. CO.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. G. Moseley and Tom R. Hopkins, both of Dallas, for appellant.

Samuels, Brown, Herman & Scott and Ardell M. Young, all of Fort Worth, for appellee.

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

On September 15, 1947, appellant Adkins was employed as a switchman by appellee. The claim he presents in this suit is that on said date, as a locomotive operated by appellee was being started, the driving wheels were negligently allowed to slip, and that the wheels caused a piece of steel to be thrown into appellant's left eye. The case was submitted to the jury on nine special issues. The jury found that the wheels slipped, but that the...

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