TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEREZ

No. 13708.

346 S.W.2d 369 (1961)

TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Socorro PEREZ, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Houston.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houchins, Anderson, Smith & Null; William C. Sparks, Victoria, Bell, Camp & Gwin, Bay City, for appellant.

Moise H. Simon, Bay City, Helm, Jones, McDermott & Pletcher, Albert P. Jones, George E. Pletcher, Houston, for appellee.


WERLEIN, Justice.

Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict awarding appellee, Socorro Perez, $30,000 for personal injuries sustained by him when lifting a mowing machine onto a railroad track while engaged in interstate commerce within the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.

Appellant complains that the argument of appellee's attorney was reasonably calculated to advise...

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