Greathouse v. Texas Public Utilities Corp.

Bertie Lorene Greathouse, surviving wife of Oliver Greathouse, deceased, for herself individually and as guardian and next friend of their five minor children, and as next friend for Billie Louise Greathouse, a minor born of a prior marriage of said Oliver Greathouse, sued Texas Public Utilities Corporation for damages for the killing of said Oliver Greathouse by one G. L. Walton, an employee of said defendant. In response to Special Issue No. 1, the jury found that at the time of said killing, said Walton was acting within the course of his employment. By answers to subsequent special…