Holt v. Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Co.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

On August 19, 1941, the Texas-New Mexico Pipeline Company, hereinafter called the company, employed the T. E. King Construction Company, an independent contractor, hereinafter called the contractor, to construct a pipeline in Texas. On September 22, 1942, while working on that project as an employee of the contractor, Ward Holt sustained personal injuries from an explosion of dynamite. He filed this suit for damages against the company, and after hearing the evidence the court below directed a verdict for the defendant; from the judgment entered thereon, this appeal was…