Evans v. Bryant

Tom Bryant and the Canyon Oil & Gas Company, Inc., contracted with D. P. Mel-lette, who was engaged in the business Of trucking or teaming contractor, to move certain steel tanks from Cisco to Cross Plains and there to set the same up upon premises of the said Bryant. The contract was for a “turnkey job” for which Mellette was to be paid the sum of $225. Mellette in turn contracted with Jack Tindall for the latter to furnish the teams, labor, and most of the equipment to do the work. Mellette furnished a truck, and both Mellette and Tindall supervised the work of moving one of the tanks,…