Hightower v. Gray
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. J. L. Camp.
1Opinion of the Court
FLY, Associate Justice.
Appellant sued to recover damages from appellee alleged to have accrued through the negligence of appellee, his employer, in ordering him to engage in excavating underneath a rock, which fell upon and injured him. Appellee answered charging contributory negligence and assumed risk. The court instructed a verdict for appellee.
Appellant swore that he applied to appellee, a laundryman, for work, and he employed him to make an excavation underneath his place of business, to be used as a cellar. Appellee told appellant how he wanted the work done; that he wanted him to…
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