Alexander v. Standard Acc. Ins.

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Standard Accident Insurance Company1 executed a public liability policy of insurance with E. W. Jones, Inc.,2 agreeing to indemnify it for damage arising out of any accident in the operation of its business of drilling, developing and producing oil and gas wells. Hugh Alexander3 suffered an injury December 6, 1937, while working for the Company. June 5, 1939, he filed suit for damages against the Company in the state courts of Oklahoma. The summons and a copy of the petition were delivered to Standard by the Company, with the request that it defend the suit. Standard…