Vernon Cotton Oil Co. v. Catron
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wilbarger County; S. P. Huff, Judge. Action by Mary E. Catron against the Vernon Cotton Oil Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. J. M. Catron was employed in the seed-house of appellant company, and was a member of the night shift, and his work was to shovel cotton seed into the conveyer from the seed pile in the room.
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Appeal from District Court, Wilbarger County; S. P. Huff, Judge. Action by Mary E. Catron against the Vernon Cotton Oil Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. J. M. Catron was employed in the seed-house of appellant company, and was a member of the night shift, and his work was to shovel cotton seed into the conveyer from the seed pile in the room. The seedhouse is one room 300 feet long east and west, and between 60 and 70 feet wide north and south, and 27 feet in height. The conveyer that Catron fed, and which was operated for the purpose of carrying the seed into the…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). The petition did not disclose that the deceased had children living, but sought recovery solely for the benefit of the appellee, who was the wife. In fact, the appellee and the deceased had'four living children. After verdict the appellant made a motion for new trial, alleging, among other things, that deceased left surviving him four living children, and that they were necessary and proper parties to the suit, that the petition did not prosecute the suit for their benefit, and that no final judgment could be rendered. The court first entered an order…
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