Standard Oil Co. v. Parham
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Mississippi; Edwin R. Holmes, Judge. Action at law by Roy P. Parham, by his father, as next friend, against the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana. Judgment for plaintiff (275 Fed. 1007), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the defendant in error (herein referred to as the plaintiff), ■ a minor 17 years of age, suing by his father as next friend, against the plaintiff in error (herein referred to as the defendant), to recover damages for personal in-j .tries caused by the explosion of a boiler, while the plaintiff .was acting as a fireman employed by the defendant and engaged with other employees of the defendant in drilling a well in the Homer oil field in tie state of Louisiana.
The right of the plaintiff to maintain the action was controverted unsuccessfully on the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boldt v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Philps v. Guy Drilling Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
- White v. Nutriline Milling Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
- Fuchs v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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