Tyreco Refining Co. v. Cook

WILLIAMS, Justice.

In this action for damages against the appellant Tyreco Refining Company, and R. T. Sullivan and J. R. Knight, a. partnership operating under the trade name of Waco Oil Company, the appellee, Cook, plaintiff below, alleged a cause of general negligence, and pleaded in the alternative specific acts of negligence against the refining company. He also pleaded specific acts of negligence against the Waco Oil Company. Appellant refining company answered with a general demurrer, special exceptions, general denial, and pleaded that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence in…