Camerom Mill and Elevator Co. v. Anderson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. Mike E. Smith.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, Associate Justice.
By permission of the city council, appellant caused to be dug in one of the streets of the city of Fort Worth adjacent to its elevator plant, a hole some 34 feet long, 28 feet wide, and 12 or 14 feet deep. The excavation was made for the purpose of putting in some underground storage tanks for fuel oil. Into this pit appellee, a boy of 13 years, fell and was seriously injured. The accident occurred about 9 o’clock at night, at a time when none of the workmen engaged in digging the pit was in or about the place. There were no lights or barricades or signals about it,…
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