West Lumber Co. v. Keen
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Ninth. Supreme Judicial District. Action by W. H. Keen against the West Dumber Company. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (221 S. W. 625) affirming a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, J. W. H.
Keen brought this suit for damages for injuries to his ■person, alleged to have been received by him as a consequence of the negligence of Bill Kibler, foreman of plaintiff in error, in directing Keen and his companion to cut a tree and saw it into logs. Keen objected to cutting the tree, and, also, to sawing off the butt after the tree had fallen, but, at the command of- Kibler, proceeded, with his companion, to do both; whereupon the log, or butt ■of the tree, swung around, striking Keen, bruising, lacerating, and seriously wounding him, breaking his leg and crushing his…
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