Legal Opinion
James C. Tullis v. Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1968No. 25455PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHRTENS, District Judge:
This appeal is from an order granting defendants motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, and judgment thereon.
The sole question is the sufficiency of the complaint.
Plaintiff alleged in his complaint and asserted in the pre-trial stipulation that: On February 23, 1964 he was a fishing tool supervisor employed by Houston Oilfield Material Company and as such made a trip to and from the Wheless Drilling rig No. 8 located in navigable waters on a crew boat “The Danny Boy” which at the time was “working for and as an agent of defendant Wheless Drilling Company.” Having…
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