Consumers Cotton Oil Co. v. Jonte

FISHER, Chief Justice.

The appellee brought this suit against the appellant for damages arising- from injuries sustained on account of being struck by a bale of cotton which was thrown from the upper story of appellant’s cotton gin by an employe who was charged with the duty of throwing cotton bales from the second story of the building to the ground. The bale in question struck the plaintiff and caused some of the alleged injuries; he at the time he was struck was using the passway on the ground, going from one part of the works to the other.

The appellee at the time he was injured was at work…