Leroy v. TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

By separate actions Mrs. Margaret H. Leroy and others and Sybil Johnson Haltom and others brought suit for damages arising out of the death of Royce H. Leroy and T. H. Haltom, which occurred on or about April 4, 1953, on the Neches River near Beaumont, Texas. The suits were brought under Art. 4671, Vernon’s Ann.Texas St., against Texas Gulf Sulphur Company and Alex H. McClelland as defendants. The suits against Alex H. McClelland were later dismissed. The two causes against Texas Gulf Sulphur Company were consolidated for trial and were tried before the District Court…