Gordon v. Buster
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Deaf Smith County; Reese Tatum, Judge. Action by Jack V. Buster against John W. Gordon. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
Appellee, as plaintiff below, sued appellant to recover damages in the sum of $5,000. He alleges-that he was injured while working for appellant as a ranch hand. The substance of the petition is that, on or about December 2, 1920, one Smith, who was at that time running appellant’s Castro county ranch, employed appel-lee to work thereon, his duties being to feed cattle, fix fences, and do general ranch work; that such employment was with the knowledge of appellant; that soon after his employment Smith left for Mississippi on a visit, and never returned, and appellee was left in charge of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- C. C. Slaughter Cattle Co. v. PastranaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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