Tex-Jersey Oil Corporation v. Beck

This is a suit for damages instituted by Ernestine Beck, minor, by next friend, Abraham Jones, for the death of her mother, Christine Beck, and by Paul M. Branch, Temporary Administrator of the Estates of Christine Beck, deceased, Lorenzo Beck, deceased, and Elizabeth Beck, deceased, for their conscious pain and suffering. Lorenzo Beck and Elizabeth Beck were also minor children of Christine Beck. The defendants, petitioners here, are Tex-Jersey Oil Corporation and Great Expectations Oil Company.

The petitioners jointly operated and maintained a tank battery, including two 500-barrel oil…