Jones-O'Neal Furniture Co. v. Jones

The appellees, K. Jones and his wife, Mrs. Jessie Jones, filed this suit in one of the district courts of Jefferson county against the appellants, Jones-O’Neal Furniture Company, seeking to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of personal injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon Mrs. Jones through the negligence of appellants, their agents, and servants.

A brief statement of the cause of action as alleged in appellees’ petition will suffice for the purposes of our disposition of this appeal. They alleged, in substance, that the appellants were partners engaged in…