Horrell v. Gulf & Valley Cotton Oil Co.

This litigation results from the death of Walter J. Horrell, a young man twenty-four years of age, who died because of severe burns which he sustained while engaged in doing certain repair and reconstruction work in the manufacturing plant of defendant.

The plaintiffs, as the suit was originally filed were: (1) William Francis Horrell, Sr., father of the decedent; (2) Mrs. Jennie Furey Horrell, mother; (3) Edward Allen Horrell, minor brother; (4) Miriam Horrell, minor sister; (5) William Francis Horrell, Jr., brother, of full age. The petition charged that the decedent, at the time of the…