Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. v. Lynch
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wise County; J. W. Fatterson, Judge. Action by S. M. Lynch against the Ft. Worth & Denver City Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant owned, and for the purpose of supplying water for its shops at Childress operated, a pumping plant near that town. C. M. Lynch, appellee's father, and one Lee, were employed by appellant as pumpers; the former having charge of the plant during the daytime, and the latter during the nighttime. February 8, 1908, appellee, then about 20 years of age, was left, temporarily, in charge of the pump by his father, and, the coat he was wearing having been caught by an unprotected screw or bolt projecting from a revolving shaft while he was engaged in an attempt to oil parts of the machinery,…
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