Hodges v. Swastika Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Matagorda County; Samuel J. Styles, Judge. Action, by I. A. Hodges and others against the Swastika Oil Company.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
Will Hodges, while in the employment of the Swastika Oil Company, a private corporation, fell from the triple board of an oil well derrick upon which he was at work, and thereby received injuries which resulted in his death, and I. A. Hodges, S. E. Hodges, and Dewey Hodges, the father, mother, and minor brother, respectively, of the deceased, brought this suit to recover of the oil company damages accruing to them by reason of his death. Recovery is predicated upon the alleged negligence of the oil company, as the proximate cause of the death of said Will Hodges, in the following particulars:…
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