GULF, C. & S. F. RY. CO. v. DEEN

No. 3135.

306 S.W.2d 171 (1957)

GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Earl R. DEEN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodruff & Holloway, Brownwood, Hudson, Keltner & Sarsgard, Ft. Worth, for appellant.

David C. McCord, Robert Lee Guthrie, Dallas, for appellee.


GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

We formerly held that the jury findings and undisputed evidence established that the railroad company furnished one safe way to do the job Deen was doing when he broke his leg; that the employee was not directed to do the work in the manner in which he did it; that the employer had no duty to furnish more than one safe way to do the work and, therefore, the evidence did not support the jury's conclusion that the employer was negligent in failing...

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