TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. THOMSON

No. 15743.

232 F.2d 313 (1956)

TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ruby Nell THOMSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Look, Jr., Abilene, Tex., Wagstaff, Harwell, Alvis & Pope, Abilene, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

Beverly Tarpley, Abilene, Tex., Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Black, Abilene, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the question whether, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., the evidence established any negligence proximately causing back injuries to a lady agent-operator sustained while she was performing her duties in handling mail from the truck to the railway mail car. Appellee Thomson sued appellant railway company, alleging that she was negligently injured December 3, 1952 while performing...

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