Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Ory

This action was brought by Leslie L. Ory against Magnolia Petroleum Company, a domestic private corporation, to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband. The latter died of injuries resulting from an explosion of an "oil still" operated for the Petroleum Company through its servant, one Charles E. Staggs. The case arises out of the same accident as that involved in Safety Cas. Co. v. Staggs, Tex. Civ. App.99 S.W.2d 682, decided by this court. The still was being operated by Staggs, when it exploded and killed Ory, a bystander. In this suit, instituted in Jim Hogg county, the…