Schafer v. Stevens

352 S.W.2d 471 (1961)

Carl B. SCHAFER, Appellant,

v.

Ruth STEVENS, Independent Executrix, et al., Appellee.

No. 15853.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 21, 1961.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1961.

Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons and Timothy E. Kelley, Dallas, for appellant.

Witts, Geary, Hamilton, Brice & Lewis, Jim K. Choate and W. S. Barron, Jr., Dallas, for appellees.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for wrongful death brought pursuant to Art. 4675, Vernon's Ann.Civ. St. by Ruth Stevens, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Thomas H. Stevens, deceased, for the benefit of herself…