LIGHTFOOT v. TINDALL

No. 6517.

282 S.W.2d 901 (1955)

Ollie Watts LIGHTFOOT, Appellant, v. J. M. TINDALL, d/b/a J. M. Tindall Gins, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archer & Hazlewood and Merchant & Fitzjarrald, Amarillo, for appellant.

Underwood, Wilson, Sutton, Heare & Boyce, Amarillo, and Morehead, Sharp & Boyd, Plainview, for appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment where the trial judge withdrew the case from the jury and rendered judgment in favor of appellee, J. M. Tindall, in a suit wherein the appellant, Ollie W. Lightfoot, sought damages for injuries received by him when a ladder he was on broke and threw appellant to the concrete floor.

Appellant pleaded he was working for appellee in constructing a gin and that while he was so engaged he was instructed by...

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