Case Name: POWELL v. FREEMAN
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-06-12
Citations: 148 S.W. 290
Docket Number: 
Parties: POWELL v. FREEMAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 148
Pages: 290–290

Head Matter:
POWELL v. FREEMAN.
(Supreme Court of Texas.
June 12, 1912.)
Master and Servant (§ 213 ) — Assumption of Risk — Lifting Blocks of Ice.
A railway employs assumed the risk of being injured through slipping and a block of ice falling upon him while attempting to lift a block weighing about 100 pounds from an ice box, using his hands in the absence of hooks or other appliance.
(Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Master and Servant, Cent. Dig. §§ 559-564; Dec. Dig. § 213. ]
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District.
Action by J. R. Powell against Thomas J. Freeman, receiver. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (144 S. W. 1033) reversing judgment for plaintiff, he brings error.
Application for writ refused.
Plaintiff sues defendant, as receiver of a railroad, for injury to plaintiff caused by his slipping and a block of ice falling upon him while he was attempting to lift a block weighing about 100 pounds from an ice box, using his hands in the absence of hooks or other appliance.
Mike E. Smith and Turner & Bradley, all of Ft. Worth, for applicant.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
BROWN, C. J.
This application is refused because the evidence of the plaintiff in error shows that he assumed the risk of lifting the ice as he did.
We do not approve the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals that the plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce. That question is not passed upon by this court.