Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Wooldridge

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This was an action at common law by appellee, W. T. Wooldridge, against appellant, Gulf States Utilities Company, for damages for personal injuries received by him while in the discharge of his duties as one of appellant’s employees. He alleged that,, while handling ice in appellant’s ice plant in Sour Lake, Hardin county, a block of ice weighing 300 pounds fell upon his foot, causing the injuries sued for. He alleged further that his injuries’ were caused by the following acts of negligence, each a proximate cause of his injuries: (1) His duties required him to “raise”…