Jordan v. Collier

GRISSOM,. 'Chief Justice.

Mrs. Mattie. Collier sued Wendell, Earl V., S. W. Jr., Murry G, and Edna E. Jordan under the “death statutes,” art. 4675 et seq., to recover $20,000 damages for the death of her adult son, Prue Collier, and $375.50 for funeral expenses alleged to have been paid by Mrs. Collier. She alleged her son was killed by the explosion of a sand blasting machine while cleaning a brick building owned by said defendants; that his death was caused by the negligence of said defendants in furnishing him a defective machine and failing to inspect it and that said negligent acts were…