Dougherty v. Robb

Mrs. Martha’ W. Dougherty, for herself and as next friend for her minor son, Robert A. Dougherty, instituted this suit against appellee to recover damages arising from personal injuries inflicted on her son through the negligence pf appellee, and also for wages. The cause was tried before a jury and a verdict instructed in favor of ap-pellee, so far as the damages were concerned.

Appellants alleged that on or about September 11, 1926, appellee, a hotel keeper in Edinburg, Hidalgo county, employed Robert A. Dougherty, a minor 17 years of age, “to do such work in and about said hotel as making…