Bridgeport Brick & Tile Co. v. Erwin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wise County; F. O. McKinsey, Judge. Action by Riley Erwin by next friend, W. W. Erwin, against the Bridgeport Brick & Tile Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for $7,500 in favor of appellee as compensation for personal injuries. So far as necessary to state, the appellee,'Riley Erwin, in the petition filed in his behalf by W. W. Erwin as next friend, alleged that while under the age of 15 years he had been employed by the appellant company to engage in labor, the duties of which required or permitted him to be and remain about dangerous machinery, and it was alleged that the appellant company had been guilty of negligence in this respect. The company defended on the grounds: (1) That at the time of the employment…
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