H. W. Bass Drilling Co. v. Ray

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This action was instituted by Mrs. Debs Ray, administratrix of the estate of Vernon Debs Ray, her husband, who died intestate, as plaintiff, to recover damages for his death against H. W. Bass Drilling Company, as defendants, on account of injuries occurring on October 31, 1936, in an automobile accident occasioned by its negligence. Judgment was rendered on verdict in favor of plaintiff, from which an appeal was duly prosecuted.

The parties will be referred to in the order in which they appeared in the trial court, the appellant as “defendant,” and the appellee as…