Geary v. McCreary

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

This action was instituted by the appellee McCreary against the appellant G-eary to- recover damages for personal injuries received while assisting as an employe in the operation of a drilling machine owned by Geary. *255Upon a' trial, lie was awarded damages in the sum of $10,000.00.

At the time the injuries complained of were received, Geary was endeavoring with his machine to lift out of an oil well that had been bored for oil several hundred feet of casing. The method employed was substantially this — a large pole, called a mast pole, was erected…