Rio Grande Valley Telephone Co. v. Hocut

WALTHALL, Justice.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Maud Hocut, individually, and as guardian of her minor child, Janice, being respectively the surviving wife and daughter of John Flocut, deceased, and Joe H. Hocut, father of John Hocut, as plaintiffs. The suit is brought against the Rio Grande Valley Telephone Company, defendant, for exemplary damages for alleged gross negligence of the defendant in causing the death of John Hocut. Plaintiffs allege that they have sustained actual damages, but, owing to the fact that at the time of the accident causing the death of John Hocut the defendant was…