Ross v. Jones

LOONEY, Justice.

Violet True Ross, widow, and Howard Cody Ross, minor son and only child of Chester Howard Ross, deceased, sued A. Raymond Jones, a contractor and builder, to recover exemplary damages, as authorized by Sec. 26, Art. 16 of the Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St., for the death of the husband and father, respectively, of plaintiffs. (Compensation under the Workman’s Compensation Law having theretofore been paid).

Plaintiffs’ cause of action is based upon the alleged violation of an act of the Legislature, adopted in 1919 for the protection of workmen on buildings. The act is set out…