Legal Opinion

Commerce Cotton Oil Co. v. Camp

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1912PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth. Supreme Judicial District. Action by Mrs. Cora Camp against the Commerce Cotton Oil Company. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District (129 S. W. 852), affirming judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.

Mrs. Cora Camp instituted suit in the district court of Hunt county against the Commerce Cotton Oil Company, a corporation, seeking to recover damages for the death of her minor son, caused by the negligence of the Oil Company. She recovered a judgment, which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District. We copy the conclusions of fact found by the Court of Civil Appeals;

“Oscar Camp, while, employed by appellant to shovel hulls in its hull house, met his death by being smothered in the hulls on the morning of December 15, 1906. He was last seen alive between 3 and 4…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fleming v. the Texas Loan AgencyTexas Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Hendrick v. WaltonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Hargrave v. Vaughn & CummingTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Sullivan-Sanford Lumber Co. v. CooperTexas Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Fort Worth Elevators Co. v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  2. City of Dallas v. HalfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  3. Coca-Cola Co. v. WilliamsTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
  4. Horton & Horton v. HartleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  5. Phillips Oil Co. v. LinnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952

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