Dial v. Wilke

FOLLEY, Justice.

This is án appeal from the judgment upon a directed verdict in favor of the appellee, Adolph Wilke, in a suit wherein the appellant, William Dial, sought damages for injuries received by him when his hand was caught between two cog wheels of a commercial cane crushing machine or syrup mill alleged to have been owned and operated by the appellee.

The cane crusher was located near the town of Southland, Texas. It was a steel stationary machine motored from a tractor by means of a belt. The tractor stood some ten feet north of the mill. The cane was fed into the mill from the…