Liner v. Riverside Gravel Co.

Defendant Riverside Gravel Company, a partnership composed of M. M. Morelock, J. Y. Snyder and S. L. Herold, was engaged in taking gravel from beds along the banks of bayou Dorcheat, using for that purpose pumps, which, together with the machinery for operating same, were placed on a barge located out in the bayou. Three persons were employed on the barge, who were Elbert Walker, engineer; C. P. Sanders, pumper, and M. Walker, boatman, and there were two persons employed to clear the banks of the bayou of trees, brushes, etc., in order that the work of taking the gravel could be carried on.

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