Chapman v. Henderson

The appellee filed snit in the Union Circnit Conrt against the appellants to recover damages for the death of her son. She alleged that she was the mother and next of kin of William Henderson, deceased, who died in Union County, Arkansas, on March 7, 1932, as a result of injury sustained by him on account of the negligence and carelessness of the servants of appellants, E. L. Chapman and Sam E. Wilson, Jr. It was alleged that several days prior to the death of said William Henderson, he was employed by the appellants as a derrick man, engaged in the drilling of an oil well on a lease…