Batson-Milholme Co. v. Faulk
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Gourt, Harris County; Henry J. Dannenbaum, Judge. Action by O. E. Eaulk against the Batson-Milholme Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
The appellee, Paulk, an oil field worker, sued his employer, the appellant company, at common law for damages alleged to have resulted to him from its 'negligently permitting a sheave, or pulley, to fall upon him from, the top of one of its derricks, at the bottom of which he was working.
Appellant responded, first, with a plea in abatement of his suit because of his failure to make the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association a party defendant, alleging that at the time of the injury it was a “subscriber,” under the terms of the Texas Employers’ Diability or Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1913…
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- Rice v. GarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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