Producers' Oil Co. v. Bush
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error to District Court, Harris County; J. A. Read, Special Judge. Action by Lenora Bush and another against the Producers’ Oil Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MeKBNZIE, j.
Plaintiffs, Lenora Bush and Julia Rossie Bush, minor, brought this suit against the Producers’ Oil Company and the Texas Company to recover damages for the death of the husband and father, respectively, of plaintiffs. The amended petition upon which the trial was had charges, in substance, that the appellant was a private corporation of the state of Texas, engaged in the business of prospecting for and developing petroleum oil in Humble, Tex.; that while said Bush was in the discharge of his duty as helper, working for the defendant, he was poisoned by inhaling gases, and as a…
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