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

No. 6130.

306 S.W.2d 790 (1957)

TEXAS & NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. L. B. JACKS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith, Mehaffy, McNicholas & Weber, Beaumont, for appellant.

Jacobs & Schmidt, Houston, for appellee.

R. L. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

Appellee Jacks sued appellant Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company for damages for injuries suffered by him in a fall from a moving railroad car while he was working as an employee of the appellant. He sued under the provisions of the Federal Employers Liability Act, (Sec. 51, Title 45 U.S.C.A.) as supplemented by the Safety Appliance Act (Sec. 4, Title 45 U.S. C.A.) On the day when the cause went to trial the appellant filed an instrument...

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