Legal Opinion

Bryson v. Moore

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 17, 1913Published

Appeal from District Court, Hopkins County; R. L. Porter, Judge. Action by Tom Moore, by next friend, against W. L. Bryson and others. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.

H. G. York, as the next friend of Tom Moore, a minor, filed this suit in the court below, for recovery of damages resulting from personal injuries received by the minor while employed in a box factory owned and operated by the appellants. It is alleged, in substance, that Tom Moore was employed and put to work about dangerous machinery, that he was a youth under 21 years of age, of immature judgment, without experience, and ignorant of how to avoid the dangers to which he was exposed, and that appellants, knowing that fact, failed to instruct or warn him as to how to perform his duties…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BrickTexas Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Continental Oil & Cotton Co. v. GilliamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912

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