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YOUNG v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 5437.

347 S.W.2d 345 (1961)

James R. YOUNG, Appellant, v. TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY and Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

May 24, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Watts and Thomas A. Sneed, Odessa, for appellant.

Scott, Hulse, Marshall & Feuille, El Paso, and Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, Houston, of counsel, for Southern Pac. R. R. Co.

Kemp, Smith, Brown, Goggin & White, El Paso, for Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.

ABBOTT, Justice.

Appellant, plaintiff below, brought suit against appellees, defendants below, charging appellee Texas and Pacific Railway Company with violations of 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 1 et seq., 51 et seq., generally known as the Safety Appliance Act, and Federal Employers' Liability Act, and charging appellee Southern Pacific Railroad Company under what is generally known as appellant's rights under the common law of the State of Texas, for injuries received...

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