Young v. Herrington

GRAY, Justice.

This appeal is from an order overruling appellant’s plea of privilege.

Appellee sued appellant for personal injuries sustained by him when he jumped from a bulldozer. He alleged that at the time of his injuries he and others were clearing timber from land owned by John P. Thompson in Anderson County over which land appellant owned and operated a gas pipeline; that he was operating a bulldozer following a large chain being pulled by two other bulldozers which chain was pulling a large tree which was pulled into the pipeline causing it to break and to permit gas to escape and…