Fleming Oil Co. v. Watts

HALL, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellees, Emmitt Watts and wife, against Fleming ‘Oil Company, Fleming and Kimbell, hereafter referred to as oil companies, and :Gregg-Tex Gasoline Corporation, for damages, both actual and exemplary, for the -death of their three minor children caused by the alleged negligence of the oil companies and Gregg-Tex Gasoline Corporation. It was alleged that the oil companies and Gregg-Tex Gasoline Corporation operated an oil and gas lease in Gregg County, adjacent to appellees’ residence; that ■said companies negligently permitted the unburned gas…