Gerrard v. Harvey & Newman Drilling Company

282 P.2d 1105 (1955)

59 N.M. 262

V.L. GERRARD, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT,

v.

HARVEY & NEWMAN DRILLING COMPANY, Employer and Employers Casualty Company, Insurer, Defendants and Appellees.

No. 5852.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 25, 1955.

Brown & Wood, Farmington, for appellant.

Tansey & Brown, Farmington, for appellees.

KIKER, Justice.

Plaintiff's action is under the workmen's compensation act. In the complaint it was alleged that plaintiff was injured on August 9, 1953 while working for defendant and in the course of his employment. Plaintiff asserted that at the time of the alleged injury he was a…