Silurian Oil Co. v. Morrell
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Oourt, Oklahoma County; John W. Hayson, Judge. Action by M. P. Morrell and Lenice Mor-rell, a minor, by her next friend, M. P. Mor-rell, and as next of kin to Loris Morrell, deceased, against the Silurian, Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This w.as an action commenced by the defendants in error, plaintiffs below, as the only surviving next of kin of Loris Mom-ell, deceased, against the plaintiff in error, the Silurian Oil Company,, because of the alleged wrongful death of their son and brother by gas asphyxiation. Upon trial to a jury there was a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs upon which judgment was duly entered, to reverse which this proceeding in error was commenced.
The third paragraph of the petition, the only one necessary to notice, alleges, in substance: That at the time of the injury and death of the deceased the…
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