Houston Car Wheel & MacHine Co. v. Smith

This suit was brought in the district court of Harris county, Tex., by appellee, Richard Smith, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in the service of the Houston Car Wheel & Machine Company on or about the 15th day of May, 1911. The cause was submitted to the jury on April 26, 1912, and the jury returned a verdict in favor of appel-lee for the sum of $8,000. Upon this verdict judgment was rendered against appellant for said amount.

Appellant’s first and fourteenth assignments of error, which complain that the court refused to give to the jury a peremptory…