Thomas v. Southern Lumber Co.

HALE, Justice.

Amelia Thomas sued Southern Lumber Company and T. M. Hammon for damages on account of injuries resulting in the death of her son, Nolan Thomas. As grounds of recovery she alleged in substance that at the time her son sustained his injuries he was riding in a truck belonging to defendants which was being operated over a public highway en'route from Beaumont to Paris, Texas, by their employee, Herman Frederick; as the driver rounded a curve going down hill he , discovered a stream of water across the highway from which a bridge had been removed and in an effort to make a detour…