Hughes Production Co. v. Hagan

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Nira Dell Hagan and her minor son recovered judgment against Hughes Production Company, defendant below, for the death of their husband and father, Simon W. Hagan, who received fatal burns in an oil field gas fire which occurred upon defendant’s leasehold and premises in charge of Ed Rosa, its foreman.

Subsequent to a reversal of this litigation upon a former appeal, reported in 114 S.W.2d 326, 331, Hughes Production Company v. Hagan, El Paso Court of Civil Appeals, plaintiffs filed amended pleadings. The latter contained the additional allegations that the property was being…