City of Galveston v. Hill

246 S.W.2d 860 (1952)

CITY OF GALVESTON

v.

HILL et al.

No. A-3320.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 16, 1952.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1952.

Willams & Thornton, Galveston, for petitioner.

Armstrong, Barker, Bedford & Lambdin, Owen D. Barker, Royston & Rayzor and M. L. Cook, Galveston, for respondents.

GRIFFIN, Justice.

Etheridge Hill and Leopold Gonzales, as plaintiffs, sued the City of Galveston, Texas, defendant, as a third party tortfeasor, alleging in substance that plaintiffs were working for Southern Stevedoring Company, Incorporated, loading grain into the holds and bins of a certain steamship…