ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. HAM

No. 11720.

454 S.W.2d 451 (1970)

The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. William Barney HAM, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearings Denied May 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien & Richards, Chilton O'Brien, Beaumont, McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, Galveston, for appellant.

Camp, Ellett & Camp, Robert L. Ellett, Cameron, Helm, Jones & Pletcher, David H. Burrow, S. M. Helm, Houston, for appellee.


Appellant's and Appellee's Rehearings Denied May 27, 1970.

O'QUINN, Justice.

William Barney Ham, a brakeman employed by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, brought this lawsuit, under provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act (Title 45, section 51 et seq., U.S.C.A.) for personal injuries sustained while at work on a train passing through Cameron, Texas, enroute from Temple to Houston.

Upon the jury's answers to sixteen special...

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