Legal Opinion

Duncan Cotton Oil Co. v. Cox

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 19, 1914No. 3270PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error from District Court, Stephens County; Frank M. Bailey, Judge. Action by Horace J. Cox, administrator, against the Duncan Cotton Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

GALBRAITH, C.

Horace J. Cox, as administrator of Thos. C. Cox, commenced this action in the district court of Stephens county, Okla., against the Duncan Cotton Oil Company, to recover damages.for the death of Thos. C. Cox, for the benefit of the surviving widow and next of kin.

The petition charged, in brief, that the defendant was engaged in operating a cotton seed oil mill at the city of Duncan, and employed one Thos. C. Cox as helper to one Jacobis, a skilled machinist in defendant’s employ; that Cox was a green, country boy, inexperienced in the use of machinery, and unacquainted…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Solts v. Southwestern Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  2. Eisminger v. BemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Schoner v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Norman v. LambertSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  2. Alva Roller Mills v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  3. Reger v. HenrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  4. Bank of Cherokee v. SnearySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  5. New v. StoutSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924

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