Kirby Lumber Co. v. Gresham
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; L. B. Hightower, Jr., Judge. Action by Phil Gresham against the Kirby Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This suit was brought hy appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant. Plaintiff’s petition alleges, in substance, that on or about the 25th of March, 1910, plaintiff was in the employment of defendant as a woodcutter or sawyer; that he was employed to cut or saw logs in the woods several miles from the town of Buna where the defendant operates a lumber mill; that it was at the date mentioned, and had long been, the custom of defendant’s employés who worked in the woods to ride to and from their work on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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