Slick Oil Co. v. Coffey

HARDY, f.

Pearl, Coffey sued tbe Slick Oil Company and J. K. Gano for damages for tbe death of her -husband, W. C. Coffey. Judgment was for plaintiff against tbe Slick Oil Company, and, motion for new trial being overruled, that defendant prosecutes error.

Coffey was a tool sharpener, and was employed in and about the drilling and construction of a certain oil well, and, while so engaged, came to his death by reason of an explosion of ga® escaping from the well. It was alleged that defendants negligently and carelessly permitted large volumes of natural gas to escape from the well -and from the…