Legal Opinion

Hilje v. Hettich

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1902No. 1079PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. Hettich sued the Hilljes to recover damages for personal injuries received while working in their employ, and recovered a judgment which was affirmed on their appeal, whereupon they obtained writ of error.

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

The defendant in error recovered a judgment in the District Court against' plaintiffs in error for damages for a personal injury claimed by him to have been caused by their negligence, which judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. The cause is now before this court upon writ of error from the judgment of affirmance.

The case made by the pleadings of the plaintiff was that he was employed by defendants as a laborer to work in the seed house, which was connected with their cotton seed oil mill, one of his duties being to keep the hoppers filled with seed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. BingleTexas Supreme Court · 1897
  3. G., H. & San Antonio R'y Co. v. DrewTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  5. I. & G. N. Ry. Co. v. FolliardTexas Supreme Court · 1886

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Taylor v. WhiteTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  2. Mikulich v. CarnerNevada Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Eagle Pass Lumber Co. v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  4. Taylor v. WhiteCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Brown Cracker & Candy Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913

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