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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. HARKINS

No. 3627.

346 S.W.2d 910 (1961)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. M. D. HARKINS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Rosson & McGown, San Antonio, George L. Schmidt, Houston, for appellee.

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

M. D. Harkins sued the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., for damages caused by two injuries. The verdict and judgment were for Harkins and the railroad company has appealed.

Harkins alleged he had long been a conductor on defendant's freight trains when, on August 31, 1958, the train on which he was working parted because of a defective coupling and a knuckle...

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