Pettithory v. Clarke Courts
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Galveston County; Olay S. Briggs, Judge. Action by E. Pettitbory, Jr., against Clarice & Courts. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRehse, J.
In this case E. Pettithory, Jr., sued Clarke & Courts to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while engaged in the operation of a paper-cutting machine, as an employs of defendants. A trial, with the assistance of a jury, résulted in a verdict and judgment for defendants, from which plaintiff appeals by writ of error.
It was alleged in the petition that while appellant was engaged in operating the paper-cutting machine his hand got caught between the top of the frame of the machine and the knife, which was a part of the machine, inflicting upon him severe and permanent…
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