Court of Appeals of Texas November 18, 1926, No. 1859. (Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Umberson)

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PELPHREY, O. J.

This suit was originally instituted by appellee, Umberson, against J. L. Lancaster and Charles L. Wallace, as receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages for the loss of the thumb on his left hand, which loss he alleges was caused by a steam hammer falling on his left hand in the machine shop of appellant at Big Spring, Tex.