Talley v. Bass-Jones Lumber Co.

HALL, Justice.

Appellants, the surviving wife, child, and mother and father of Major Talley, deceased, instituted this suit against ap-pellees for damages arising from the alleged negligent death of Major Talley while engaged in fighting fire at appellees’ sawmill near the city of Kilgore. Appellants alleged several grounds of negligence, among which was the averment that ap-pellees, Bass-Jones Lumber Company, caused or permitted some of the guy wires attached, to the smoke stack, which fell during the fire injuring Major Talley, to be tied to inflammable building or buildings. Upon this…