GOOLSBEE v. TEXAS & N. O. R. CO.

No. A-3192.

243 S.W.2d 386 (1951)

GOOLSBEE v. TEXAS & N. O. R. CO.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Combs, Brown & Brock, Houston, for petitioner.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, J. Curtiss Brown and Raymond L. McDermott, all of Houston, for respondent.


HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

For a full statement of this case reference is made to three opinions, cited below, which have been written therein.

Petitioner, Addison Goolsbee, a fireman on a locomotive, was awarded damages for personal injuries sustained by him when he leaped from the window of his cab. His apprehension of peril which caused him to leap was brought about by his observation of the behavior of the engineer with whom he worked, rather than by his...

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