Jones v. Beck

MURRAY, Justice.

Appellant, V. L. Jones, instituted this suit in the district court of Bexar county against A. H. Beck, trading under the name of A. H. Beck & Co., seeking to recover for alleged injuries sustained by appellant when he fell into an excavation 8 feet square and 25 feet deep, made by A. H. Beck.

The trial court sustained a general demurrer to appellant’s first amended original petition. Appellant declined to amend, and thereupon the trial court dismissed the cause, from which action of the trial court this appeal is prosecuted.

The pertinent portions of appellant’s first amended…