Leggett v. Sanchez

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

This suit was brought by Sanchez, a general employee of Pruett, to recover damages from Leggett for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while cleaning a heater treater on an oil field lease. Leg-gett, who had contracted to do the cleaning job for the operator of the lease, defended on the ground that Sanchez was his borrowed servant. The trial court granted Leggett’s motion for summary judgment, but the Court of Civil Appeals reversed this judgment and remanded the cause for trial. 463 S.W.2d 517.

When the summary judgment proofs are viewed in the light…