Gulf Pipe Line Co. v. Clayton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; L. B. Hightower, Judge. Action by B. O. Clayton against the Gulf Pipe Line Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtReese, J.
In this suit B. C. Clayton sues the Gulf Pipe Line Company to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while engaged as an employe of the defendant in laying a pipe line, and which injury is alleged to have been proximately caused by the negligence of one Murphy, foreman of the work, and alleged to be a vice principal of defendant. On trial with a jury plaintiff recovered a judgment for $5,000, from which defendant prosecutes this appeal.
In substance, briefly stated, it was alleged in the petition: That while engaged in laying pipe for a pipe line for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Haywood v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. FiguresCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. BonnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
- St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co. v. LemonTexas Supreme Court · 1892
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