TEXAS EMPLOYERS INS. ASS'N v. TEXAS COMPRESS CO.

No. 12910.

284 S.W.2d 922 (1955)

TEXAS EMPLOYERS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants, v. TEXAS COMPRESS COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royston & Rayzor and C. A. Brown, Galveston, for appellant Texas Employers' Insurance Association. Downman & Lott, Burch Downman, Houston, for appellant Willie Roberts.

Williams & Thornton, E. H. Thornton, Jr., Galveston, for appellee.


GANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff in a personal injury suit from an instructed verdict against him. A subrogated workmen's compensation carrier is also appellant.

Complaining that a box car from which he was preparing to unload compressed bales of cotton at destination had been so negligently loaded by the defendant shipper, Texas Compress Company, that a loose bale unexpectedly fell on and seriously injured him just after he had opened the door...

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