Powell v. Twin Drilling Co.

Defendant, Twin Drilling Company, was under contract to drill an oil well for tbe Pure Oil Company in Arenac county. Plaintiff was employed by Pure Oil Company as a roustabout and had been so employed for a period of approximately two years prior to October 14,1940, tbe date be sustained an accidental injury for which be seeks compensation herein.

Oil was struck by tbe drillers between 1 and 1:30 o’clock, a.m., Monday, October 14, 1940. About that time, an employee of defendant came to tbe bouse where plaintiff roomed to get another employee of tbe Twin Drilling Company and take him to tbe…