Freeman v. Powell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; W. T. Simmons, Judge. Action by J. R. Powell against Thos. J. Freeman, receiver. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtConner, C. J.
Appellee instituted this suit in the district court of Tarrant county against Thos. J. Freeman, as the receiver of the International & Great Northern Railroad Company, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been received by him on the 5th day of November, 1909.
He alleged that while in the employ of said receiver in the city of Ft. Worth he was attempting to lift a block of ice, weighing about 100 pounds, from an ice box, for the purpose of carrying the same to passenger cars, and that while engaged in the effort he slipped and was injured by a falling block of ice. The negligence…
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