American Cotton Co. v. Simmons

EIDSON, Associate Justice.

This is a suit by the appellee against The American Cotton Company, appellant herein, and the Texas Fuel Oil Equipment Company, both corporations, for damages on account of the alleged negligence of said corporations. Appellee alleged that on the 26th day of August, 1902, the said corporations were engaged in constructing a round lap bale gin plant in Cooper, Delta County, Texas; that appellee was the servant of said corporations and worked on said plant; that during the course of the construction of said plant it became necessary to lower two large oil tanks into an…