P. E. Schow & Bros. v. McCloskey
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Bosque County. McCloskey sued Schow & Bros, and recovered judgment. Defendants appealed and obtained writ of error on its affirmance.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gaines
This was an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the defendant in error by reason of the negligence of the plaintiffs in error. Plaintiffs were large mill owners in the town of Clifton, engaged, among other things, in crushing corn cobs into meal. The apparatus for this purpose was situated in a large building four stories in height and seventy-five feet wide by one hundred feet in length. The machine which the defendant in error was working was on the second story of the building, and he was injured in attempting to remove the shucks from the machine by…
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