Birmingham v. Gulf Oil Corporation
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
REAVLEY, Justice.
Hope Birmingham was killed by the fall of a crane owned by Gulf Oil Corporation. *916His widow brought this wrongful death action against Gulf and others. At the close of plaintiff’s case-in-chief, the trial court directed the verdict in favor of all defendants. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the take-nothing judgment against plaintiff. 494 S.W.2d 946. We order a new trial as to Gulf; we agree that no cause of action was proved against the other defend-' ants.
In December of 1966 Flournoy Drilling Company contracted with Gulf to work over two oil wells…
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