Warneke v. Argonaut Insurance Company

OPINION

CLAYTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a summary judgment in a workmen’s compensation case. The appellant, G. B. Warneke, was, on June 24, 1960, employed as a driller by John Grappe Drilling Company and was working on a well owned by E. H. Hunt and located on the Hunt property in Crockett County. Appellant was at the controls of a drilling rig, using gas, which blew through the mousehole, apparently, when it exploded and caught fire. Appellant was burned and injured and was confined to the hospital for some 29 days. He timely filed a claim before the Industrial…