Platt v. Bender

DREW, Judge.

Mrs. Ivey Heard Platt, widow of Albert Sidney Platt, appearing herein individually and as tutrix of her minor children, issue of her marriage with the deceased, instituted this suit for damages caused by the death of her husband when a flow line connecting a well, which defendants were attempting to bring in as an oil well, with a storage tank became unjoined, causing part of said line to swing around and strike deceased on the head, which resulted in his death some eight days later.

Plaintiffs alleged deceased was on the premises at the time of the accident as an invitee. They…