Blossom Oil & Cotton Co. v. Poteet
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Sixth District, in an appeal from. Lamar County. Gracie Poteet, by next friend, sued the oil company and had judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error. The case on appeal is reported in 60 Texas Civ. App., 327. On a previous trial a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was sustained, but this ruling was reversed on appeal. Poteet v. Blossom Oil & C. Co., 115 S. W., 289.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
This ease presents a question at once novel, difficult and important. That it may be understood we make the following liberal quotation from the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, which both outlines the contentions and claims of the respective parties and also gives in some detail and particularity the facts on which a recovery was by that court upheld:
"Appellant operated a cotton seed oil mill. Its seed house was situated about fifty feet from its main building, and was sixty feet wide north and south by 200 feet long east and west. Near the center of the seed house, along the floor…
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