Kirby Lumber Co. v. Scurlock

Defendants in error were the widow and the minor children of J. W. Scurlock, suing plaintiff in error for damages on account of J. W. Scurlock’s death.

The petition of defendants in error contained the following allegations :

‘2nd. That the said J. W. Scurlock, deceased, was working for the defendant, Kirby Lumber Company, at its sawmill at the town of Call in Newton County, Texas, on the morning of March 5, 1919, just previous to the time of his death, and had been so employed for five or six years prior* to that time, during which time he lived with his family, plaintiffs herein, out…