Arnold v. Panhandle & S.F. Ry. Co., 353 U.S. 360 (1957)

Arnold v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.


No. 240


Argued April 24-25, 1957
Decided May 13, 1957
353 U.S. 360

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS AND THE COURT OF
CIVIL APPEALS OF TEXAS, SEVENTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Syllabus

In this action, brought in a Texas state court under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, the proofs justified with reason the jury’s conclusion that employer negligence played a part in producing the petitioner’s injury, and the judgment of the Texas Court of Civil Appeals reversing the trial court judgment for petitioner is reversed, and the case is remanded. Pp. 360-361.

283 S.W.2d 303, reversed and remanded.