Gilbert v. Mayer

BAUGH, Justice.

Appeal is from a judgment, based upon an instructed verdict, in favor of appellees. The case arose as follows: Appellees owned and operated a ranch in Tom Green county, Tex. Appellant, one of their employees, received serious bodily injuries while operating a fresno in • cleaning out a tank on their premises in August, 1934. He sued appellees for damages, alleging negligence of his employers in the following respects: Failure to furnish him a safe place in which to work; failure to notify him of the presence of concealed stumps on the premises, or to remove same, or to uncover…