Stroud v. Bridges

DAVIS,- Justice.

This is a suit by Horace Bridges and wife, Essie Bridges, appellees, (plaintiffs below) against J. C. Stroud and Vernon Stroud, d/b/a Tyler Baseball Club, appellants (defendants below), for damages for the death of appellees’ son, Louis Bridges, who was killed when he fell backward from the top seat in the grandstand of the “Tyler East Texans” ball park and landed on his head on a concrete walkway several feet below; death was almost, if not instantaneous.

Appellants owned the Tyler East Texans ■Baseball Club and had the baseball park leased from, the City of Tyler, and was in…