Madison v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought under the provisions of article 4671, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, by the heirs of Alfred Abrams, individually and through their legal representatives, to recover damages for his death, the particulars as to which will hereafter appear, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant. The only error assigned is to the direction of a verdict for defendant.

The record is voluminous, with much unnecessary repetition of testimony, but the material facts may be somewhat briefly stated, as follows: Defendant, Phillips Petroleum Company, is a…