GILLOCK v. TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 6930.

302 S.W.2d 717 (1957)

W. C. GILLOCK, Appellant, v. The TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

May 2, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faver & Barnes, Jasper, for appellant.

Bibb & Green, Marshall, Earl Roberts, Longview, J. T. Suggs, Wm. G. Duncan, Dallas, for appellee.


CHADICK, Chief Justice.

W. C. Gillock, an engineer for The Texas & Pacific Railway Company, sued his employer under the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. to recover a total of $97,000 as damages resulting from personal injuries he allegedly received. The suit grew out of a collision on the 4th day of August, 1952, that occurred when the switch engine operated by Gillock, pushing a box car ahead of it, collided with...

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