Ray's Adm'r v. Standard Oil Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On November 3, 1930, and prior thereto, there was conducted in common school district H in Henderson county a colored school known as Race Creek school. At that time and for some years prior thereto the employed teacher of the school was and had been T. I. Bryant, a colored man beyond middle age but whose exact age is not shown. Shortly after the convening of school on the day mentioned a fire was started in the manner hereinafter described, and which destroyed the building and burned three of the'pupils to such extent as to produce their deaths,…