Gulf Refining Co. v. Frazier

Robert Y. Frazier, a minor, suing by his father, A. L. Frazier, as next friend, brought this action against Gulf Refining Company, a corporation, R. A. Bridgewater and W. G. Ingram to recover $35,000 as damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff as the result of alleged negligence of defendant Ingram, who, it is alleged, was, at the time such injuries were inflicted, a servant of his co-defendants.

The case was tried to a jury in the Circuit Court upon the issues made by pleas of not guilty filed by all of the defendants to the plaintiff’s declaration, and the jury found the…