Case Name: J. R. Powell v. Thomas J. Freeman, Receiver
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-06-12
Citations: 105 Tex. 317
Docket Number: App. No. 7653
Parties: J. R. Powell v. Thomas J. Freeman, Receiver.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 317–318

Head Matter:
J. R. Powell v. Thomas J. Freeman, Receiver.
App. No. 7653.
Decided June 12, 1912.
Master and Servant—Assumed Bisk—Interstate Commerce.
A servant of a railway whose duty was to carry ice from the place of storage and place it in the water cooler of a passenger train, the ice hooks furnished him for the purpose having been misplaced, continued for six months to handle it without implements, and in doing so slipped, a block of ice falling on and injuring him. Held that under the laws of the State he assumed the risk of the alleged negligence of the master, that being a failure to furnish him with ice hooks. The correctness of the ruling of the appellate court denying him a recovery on the ground that he was engaged in interstate commerce, and the state statute as to assumed risk (Laws, 29th Leg., ch. 163, sec. 1) did not govern (Freeman v. Powell, 144 S. W., 1033) is not passed on.
Application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Tarrant County.
Powell sued Freeman, Receiver, and had judgment. On defend ant’s appeal it was reversed and rendered in his favor. Plaintiff, appellee, then applied' for writ of error.
Mike E. Smith and Turner & Bradley, for applicant.
George Thompson and Spoonts, Thompson & Banuise, for appellant in the Court of Civil Appeals.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Brown
delivered the opinion of the court.
This application is refused because the evidence of the plaintiff in error showsi 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.
Writ of error refused.