Tex. & Pac. R'y Co. v. Wagner
Tex. & Pac. R'y Co. v. Wagner
Opinion of the Court
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§ 336. Fellow-servants; who are, of a railroad company. The following are some of the illustrations as to who constitute common or fellow-servants: “ A switch-tender and engineer, laborers and mechanics who work upon the road or machinery, conductors, brakemen, and other servants managing engines upon the track or turntables; a track-repairer and the fireman or engineer of a passing train. In this case, appellee Wagner was a section hand working on appellant’s road, and while engaged as such in repairing the road-track, he was knocked off the track and injured by a passing freight train. Held, that appellee and the engineer of said train were fellow-servants of appellant.
§ 337. Liability of railroad company for injury caused one of its servants by another; rules as to. In order, to hold the company liable for injury caused one of its servants by the negligence of another, it must be proved: 1, that the servant causing the injury was negligent or incompetent; and 2, that the company had not used reasonable care in selecting such servant, or that, after being informed of his incompetency, it still retained him in its service. [Pierce on Railroads, 361-365; 2 Thomp. on Neg. 1038; R. R. Co. v. Myers, 55 Tex. 110.]
§ 338. Negligence; contributory negligence; case stated. Appellee was engaged in the service of the company, as' a section hand, repairing the track. While thus engaged, he, in company with other track-repairers, were on a hand-car traveling along the line of the road. The handcar was passing over a trestle fourteen feet high. When1 he first saw the engine approaching it was between a half and a quarter of a mile away. He could have got off the car if we had stopped. The others on the car,
Reversed and remanded.
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