Williams v. Hennefield

FLY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit for damages arising from personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by appellee through the negligence of appellant in having a defective window sill upon which appellee was, in performance of his duties in oiling the machinery, compelled to stand, and which gave way and caused him to fall, and while falling his right band was forced through the glass of a window and badly injured. The cause was tried by jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $5,000.

The evidence justified findings by the jury that appellee was in…