Western Telephone Corp. of Texas v. McCann

GERMAN, Commissioner.

This case involves a judgment for $15,-000 in favor of defendants in error, Jack McCann and his five minor children, against plaintiff in error, Western Telephone Corporation of Texas. The judgment was for damages on account of the death of Mrs. Sarah McCann, the wife and mother of defendants in error. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the district court. 69 S.W.(2d) 465, 468. The parties will be designated as in the trial court.

Mrs. McCann was killed by a stroke of lightning August 26, 1932, while standing on the porch of her home near Taft, Tex., and…