MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. HANDLEY

No. 13660.

341 S.W.2d 203 (1960)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. P. W. HANDLEY, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyle, Wheeler, Gresham, Davis & Gregory, San Antonio, for appellant.

Stahl & Sohn, Robert O'Connor, San Antonio, for appellee.


MURRAY, Chief Justice.

P. W. Handley, Jr., an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, brought this suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., for injuries he received when the freight switching movement on which he was working made an emergency stop at a street crossing. Plaintiff, a rear switchman, was riding in the rear box car of sixty cars being transferred from San Fernando Yard to South San Antonio Yard. No caboose was...

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