Texas Hotel Co. of Longview v. Jones

WILLIAMS, Justice.

In this case judgment for damages was obtained against appellants, the Texas Hotel Company of Longview, and the National Hotel Company, for the death of F. D. Jones, alleged to have perished in the fire which 'destroyed Hotel Longview in Long-view, Texas, on March 29, 1934. Plaintiffs were Mrs. Lasca Graham, formerly Mrs. F. D. Jones, joined pro forma by her present husband, Frank Graham, Edwin Jones, minor son, by his guardian, and the Maryland Casualty Company, which had been the compensation insurer of the' employer of F. D. Jones, and which, pursuant thereto, had paid…