Yellow Pine Oil Co. v. Noble

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

Certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District as follows:

“In this case Anna Noble, widow of Washington Noble, deceased, and their minor children, sued the Yellow Pine Oil Co. to recover damages occasioned by the death of the said Washington Noble, which -it is claimed was caiLsed by the negligence of said Oil Company. They recovered judgment and defendant appeals.

“Deceased, at the time of his death, was in the employ of appellant, his business being to gauge the oil as it flowed from appellant’s oil wells into certain tanks furnished for…