Legal Opinion
Brigman v. Holt & Bowers
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 8, 1930No. 3450PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, G. J.
The appellant Mrs. Romie Brigman filed this suit for herself and as next friend for her minor children, against D. E. Holt and Robert Bowers, a firm, to recover $25,000 actual damages for the death of Robert P. Brig-man, the husband of Mrs. Romie Brigman.
The substance of the petition is that the husband was an automobile mechanic, and while employed by Holt & Bowers in their garage in the town of Wheeler, and while he was lying upon his back under a truck which he was repairing, he was electrocuted by a current from the defectively insulated wire of • a “trouble light” which he was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Davis v. CastileTexas Commission of Appeals · 1924
- Klein v. BeetenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Lone Star Brewing Company v. WillieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908
- Rockhold v. Lucky Tiger Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Powell v. Archer CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Alagood v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- American General Ins. v. Southwestern Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- American Surety Co. of New York v. ShawTexas Commission of Appeals · 1934
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