Robb v. Gilmore

BOYD, Justice.

Appellee Mary Gilmore, individually, and as next friend for her minor children, Len and Darlene Gilmore, recovered judgment against appellant A. L. Robb for $57,290.25, as damages for the injuries and death of Ned Gilmore, husband of Mary Gilmore and father of the minor children; hence this appeal.

Deceased began working for appellant as a ranch hand on the morning of March 10, 1956, and was instructed by appellant’s ranch foreman to ride a certain black mare to assist in rounding up cattle; about twenty minutes after deceased began riding the mare the animal fell and the fall…