Texas Power & Light Co. v. Bird

Findings of Fact.

JENKINS, J.

On August 21, 1912, and prior thereto, plaintiff in error was engaged in the electric light business in Waco, Tex. George Bird was in its employ as night fireman. There were six boilers in the boiler room. There was a main pipe running across tlie boiler room, with which each oí the boilers was connected by a pipe line, through which the steam from the boilers entered the main pipe, and was carried thence into the engine room. About 7 o’clock p. m. on said date an explosion occurred in the pipe line leading from boiler No. 4, scalding Geo. Bird, from the effects of…