Davenport v. Bonner

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appeal by the plaintiff (Lena Davenport) from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in favor of each defendant (Thomas R. Bonner, William R. Howard, and Eileen W. Benton, as administratrix of the estate of S. Grady Benton, deceased) after the giving of each defendant’s requested affirmative charge with hypothesis.

The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by a gas explosion. The complaint, as last amended, charges that defendants, “during the month of December, 1957, were engaged in the servicing, installation, removal, maintenance or…