Desdemona Gasoline Co. of Texas v. Garrett

GRISSOM, Justice.

The appellee, Edgar Garrett, sued J. F. Stillwell and the Desdemona Gasoline Company of Texas, a corporation, for damages alleged to have resulted from. the explosion of a gasoline tank while Garrett was attempting to weld it. The suit resulted in a judgment for appellee against both defendants for the sum of $2,250. Desdemona Gasoline Company of Texas, hereinafter referred to as the company, appealed. Stillwell did not appeal.

Appellee alleged that Stillwell and Moss, superintendent of the company’s plant at Desdemona, came to his home at night and requested him to. go to his…