Legal Opinion
Hopson v. Gulf Oil Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 23, 1950No. 4565PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Justice.
Raymond Hopson is plaintiff and Gulf Oil Corporation is defendant in this cause.
On ..April 6, ■ 1946, plaintiff was upon a. vessel, the Gulf of Mexico, which was owned and operated by defendant, and which was then upon the high seas on a voyage-between two Atlantic coastal ports of the United States. This vessel was a tanker, and plaintiff was a member of her crew, in defendant’s employ. Plaintiff was rated as *326a “wiper”, whose principal duty seems to have been to clean' machines and the engine room and machine shop1, but who also was to do what his officers required of him;…
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- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BighamTexas Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hopson v. Gulf Oil Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
- State v. SpearsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. ColemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
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