D-Bar Ranch v. Maxwell

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Winston Maxwell, sued defendants, D-Bar Ranch, a corporation, R. E. Davis and B. L. Jeanes, to recover damages sustained to his person caused by an explosion of a gasoline blow-torch, alleged to have been furnished by defendants to plaintiff, while in the discharge of his duties as a farm and ranch hand.

It is apparent from this record that Davis owned a tract of land in Collin County and one in Parker County; that a corporation was formed in January, 1938, for the purpose of raising, buying and selling livestock. Davis became the president and Jeanes the…