Kirby Petroleum Company v. Jones

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a suit under the Texas Wrongful Death Statutes, Articles 4671-4678, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St. The decedent was J. Q. Jones. His survivors, authorized under Article 4675 to institute this suit, are his wife, his adult married daughter and his minor daughter. They were the plaintiffs in the trial court and are appellees here.

Kirby Petroleum Company was the defendant in the trial court and is appellant in this court. Appellant, sometimes referred to herein as “Kirby,” was the owner and operator of a small oil and gas lease in Brazoria County near the city of West…