Underwood v. Gulf Refining Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Pirst Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; A. J. Murff, Judge. Action by L. P. Underwood against the Gulf Refining Company of Louisiana. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
MONROE, J.
[1] As stated in the opinion heretofore handed down, the derrick was a towerlike structure, some 85 feet high, which tapered from bottom to top, and which, at the lower floor, where the accident occurred, and which was about 3 feet above the ground, was 22 feet square. It was built of pieces of timber, placed upright, and held together by girders, at intervals of 8 feet, and braces, which ran diagonally from one set of girders to another. Through the center of the structure, and the floor, ran the drill (or “rotary”), consisting of iron piping, with a bit upon the lower…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Kane v. Northern Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Hermann v. New Orleans & Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1856
- Earhart v. New Orleans & Carrollton Rail RoadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1865
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