Hartsfield v. Anchor Casualty Company

SELLERS, Justice.

This case originated in the 129th District Court of Harris County as a compensation case in which O. E. Hartsfield was plaintiff and Anchor Casualty Company was defendant.

On July 20, 1961, plaintiff was doing carpenter work on an apartment where Wolff Construction Company was the contractor for an apartment project. On this date plaintiff was standing on a stool and was hanging a' door on a cabinet when the stool went out from under him and he fell to the floor; Mr. Hartsfield was taken by ambulance to- a hospital where he was treated'for a' compression fracture of the first…