Legal Opinion

Armour Co. v. Morgan, by Next Friend

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1917No. 2506PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Tarrant County. Armour & Company obtained writ of error on the affirmance on appeal of a judgment recovered against it by Morgan.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yahtis

Eddie' Morgan, the defendant in error, recovered a judgment in the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, for damages as compensation for personal injuries which he received while in the employ of the plaintiff in error, Armour & Company. When injured he was engaged, with three co-workers, all of whom were minors, in hradding the ears on buckets, by means of an iron hradding machine, which had a top similar to a table, and which was fastened to the floor. The particular work which the defendant in error was doing at the time he was injured was dropping bucket ears into a slot through which…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911

3Cited by15 opinions

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  2. Montrief & Montrief v. BraggTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
  3. Northern Texas Traction Co. v. WoodallTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
  4. Thweatt v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  5. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. CunninghamTexas Supreme Court · 1930

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