Chisos Mining Co. v. Hernandez

WALTHALL, Justice.

On May 10, 1933, Cipriano Hernandez was employed as a laborer in the coal mine of the Chisos Mining Company in Brewster county, Tex., and while so working a rock or stone alleged to be approximately 5 feet in length, 2 feet in width, 12 inches thick, fell from the roof of the mine room in which Cipriano Hernandez was working, and upon him, injuring him, from which injuries he shortly thereafter died.

This suit was brought by Guadalupe Hernandez and Terresa Hernandez, father and mother,- respectively, of Cipri-ano, as plaintiffs, to recover of the Chisos Mining Company, as…