Hart v. Lewis

This action was brought by A. C. Lewis and Beatrice Lewis against W. C. Hart and Chickasha Cotton Oil Company for damages for the wrongful death of their six-year-old boy. The trial court overruled the defendants’ demurrers to the evidence and motions for directed verdict, and from a judgment for plaintiffs on the verdict, defendants appeal.

1. The first contention is that the evidence was insufficient to show primary negligence on the part of defendant Hart, local manager of the gin of defendant Chickasha Cotton Oil Company at Weatherford, or that his act was the proximate cause of the boy’s…