Southwestern Portland Cement Co. v. Challen
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; Ballard Ooldwell, Judge. Action by G. C. Challen against the Southwestern Portland Cement Company. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of Case.
HIGGINS, J.
Appellant prosecutes this (appeal from a judgment in the sum of $20,000 rendered against it in favor of ap-pellee, Challen, on account of damages arising from personal injuries sustained by the latter. Appellant operated a plant for the manufacture of cement, and in the operation thereof had more than five people employed. Challen was employed as an electrician, and in the discharge of his duties had occasion to go into the coalhouse of the plant. The room in which he was working and a tunnel connected therewith had an accumulation of coal dust therein which…
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