Texas Co. v. Freer

HALE, Justice.

J. R. Freer and wife, Mrs. Hazel Freer, for themselves and as next friend, instituted this suit against the Texas Company and J. H. Henderson for the recovery of damages on account of injuries resulting in the death of their daughter, Hazel Kathryn Freer, two years of age, and on account of serious personal injuries sustained by another daughter, Phyllis Freer, thirteen years of age.

Early in the morning of September 13, 1937, Mr. and Mrs. Freer, with their three children, were en route from Teague to Ft. Worth by automobile. Mrs. Freer was driving the car. The two children who…