Continental Oil & Cotton Co. v. Gilliam

At about 5:30 o'clock of the afternoon of October 26, 1910, appellee, then 19 years of age, in an effort, in the discharge of his duty as an employé of appellant, to oil machinery in appellant's oil-mill at Abilene, had his left hand caught by parts of the machinery, and thereby so crushed and injured as to necessitate its amputation. He contended that the injury he had suffered was caused by negligence on the part of appellant, and as his damages recovered the judgment for $8,000, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant requested the trial court to instruct the jury to return a…