Montgomery v. United Salt Corp.

GRAVES, Justice.

Under the disposition determined upon for this appeal, no opinion is required of this court; but in deference to the able counsel for both sides, who have so helpfully briefed and argued it, this general statement of the grounds upon which the decision is based is made:

In his trial petition, the appellant sued the appellee, as his employer, who was a subscriber under the Employer’s Liability Law, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., for $910 damages at common law for its alleged negligence in furnishing him contaminated water to drink while in its service working in its…