Lawson v. Anderson & Kerr Drilling Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Oklahoma county sustaining demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence and rendering judgment thereon, in an action brought by the plaintiff in error, for herself and two minor children, to recover damages for the death of her husband. The parties retain their position as in the trial court, and will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant, respectively.

The defendant was servicing an oil well in the Oklahoma City field and employed the deceased, Wm. S. Lawson, and one Baird, who was in charge at the time the accident occurred. The usual…