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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. CROSS

No. 8118.

487 S.W.2d 206 (1972)

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. David L. CROSS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Waldrop, Atchley, Russell, Hutchinson & Waldrop, Texarkana, for appellant.

Robert E. Ballard, Brown, Kronzer, Abraham, Watkins & Steely, Houston, Cahill Hitt, Hitt & Pesek, Texarkana, for appellee.

RAY, Justice.

This is a case involving the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Appellee (plaintiff) David L. Cross filed suit in the District Court of Bowie County against appellant (defendant) Missouri Pacific Railroad Company seeking damages for his personal injuries which he sustained on the job. Appellee Cross tripped over a protruding nail while unloading mail from appellant's unlighted piggy-back trailer on the night of February 8, 1969, in Texarkana, Texas. Appellee...

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