Mitchell v. Comanche Cotton Oil Co.

PRESLER, Associate Justice.

This was a suit by appellants, as the father and mother-of Wylie Mitchell, for damages on account of the death of said Wylie, which is alleged by them to have been brought about by reason of the negligence of appellee while their said son was in its employ.

It was alleged that plaintiffs’ son was nineteen years of age, and was killed while in the discharge of his duties to defendant, said duty being alleged to have consisted in operating a sewing machine which was used in connection with the machinery of defendant for pressing cotton seed.

The acts of negligence which…