Lone Star Gas Co. v. Ballard

BROWN, Justice.

The appellees, Joan Ballard Connally, joined by her husband, Robert Connally, who was made a party plaintiff after this suit was brought by his wife, as a feme sole, have sued appellant, Lone Star Gas Company, for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Connally, by reason of stepping into a gas meter box owned by appellant and in which appellant’s meter, used in connection with serving natural gas to Mrs. Connally’s mother’s residence, was installed. Mrs. Connally was living with her mother when the alleged accident occurred.

By the allegations of the petition, it is disclosed that…