TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. CADE

No. 3914.

351 S.W.2d 663 (1961)

TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Roy L. CADE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Barber & Seale, Jasper, for appellee.


WILSON, Justice.

Excessiveness of a $79,000 verdict is the chief complaint in this FELA case. Liability findings are not challenged.

Plaintiff's age was 45 at the time of the alleged injury. He had been continuously employed by the railroad as a track laborer for sixteen years. His previous employment record shows he had lost no appreciable work time. Although he had completed only the third grade in school, his wages had increased to $2 per hour. Previously...

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