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GULF OIL CORPORATION v. GRIFFITH

No. 20687.

330 F.2d 729 (1964)

GULF OIL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Eugene GRIFFITH, and wife, Larrencie Griffith, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Buchmeyer, Pinkney Grissom, Timothy E. Kelley, Frank Finn, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Pinkney Grissom, Jerry L. Buchmeyer, Dallas, Tex., (Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, Dallas, Tex., of counsel), for appellant.

James T. Jeter, Shreveport, La., Russell Baker, Dallas, Tex., Franklin M. Jones, Sr., Marshall, Tex., Baker, Jordan, Shaw & Foreman, Dallas, Tex., (Harvey L. Davis, Dallas, Tex., of counsel), for appellees.

Before RIVES, BELL, and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellees sued to recover for the wrongful death of their sons. Art. 4671, Vernon's Texas civil statutes. Their sons, ages 12 and 20 at the time of their death, were electrocuted in the waters of Caddo Lake on the Big Cypress River in Harrison County, Texas while on an outing with their father. They were engaged in water skiing and at the time the younger son was being pulled on skis toward Big Pine Lodge where they planned to eat....

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