Houston Transp. Co. v. Grimm

GRAVES, Justice.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by the infant plaintiff, Bobby Jean Grimm, who sues by her father, A. G. Grimm, as next friend, and alleges that she suffered the loss of one of her eyes as the result of an explosion taking place in a heating-stove before which she was being held in the arms of her older sister. It is alleged that the injury was caused by the explosion of an electric blasting-cap, which had previously been negligently left on the premises in the vicinity of her home in the oil field near Gladewater, Texas, by the appellant, Houston…