THOMPSON v. ROBBINS

No. 6915.

297 S.W.2d 247 (1956)

Guy A. THOMPSON, Trustee for International-Great Northern Railroad Company, Appellant, v. Walter ROBBINS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Reeves, Joe N. Davis, Palestine, Hutcheson, Taliaferro & Hutcheson, McGregor & Sewell, Ben G. Sewell, Houston, for appellant.

Luther C. Johnston, Palestine, Helm, Jones, McDermott & Pletcher, George P. Pletcher, Shirley M. Helm, Albert P. Jones, Houston, for appellee.


DAVIS, Justice.

This is a suit by plaintiff-appellee, an employee, against defendant-appellant, a railroad corporation, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for damages allegedly received by said employee while in the course of his employment for said railroad corporation. Appellee alleged: His regular employment for appellant was that of a freight conductor but that he was serving at the time and on the occasion in question as a brakeman on a freight train...

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