El Paso Foundry & MacHine Co. v. De Guereque

FLY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit instituted by appellee to Tecover damages arising from the death of hex son, which was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant in furnishing a hook attached to a block and tackle that was being used in lifting an iron smokestack to a perpendicular position, and that was not of sufficient stiength to sustain the weight of the smokestack or iron chimney, and gave way and dropped the smokestack on her son and killed him. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $1,333.

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