West Texas Utilities Co. v. Dunlap

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

Mrs. Winnie Jo Dunlap, widow of Earnest Dunlap, deceased, and Gerald Lane Dunlap, minor child of Earnest Dunlap— the latter acting by Winnie Jo Dunlap as his next friend — brought this suit against .the West Texas Utilities Company to recover damages (under the Death Statute, R.S.1925, Title 77, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 4671 et seq.) resulting from the death of the said Earnest Dunlap. Other parties to the suit designated as “involuntary plaintiffs” were Silas N. Dunlap and Virgie Dunlap, father and mother, respectively, of said Earnest Dunlap, deceased.

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