Montez v. Bailey County Electric Co-Operative

DENTON, Chief Justice.

David Florez Montez brought this suit for himself and in behalf of Pacific Employers Indemnity Company, his employer’s workmen’s compensation carrier, against Bailey County Electric Co-Op to recover for personal injuries sustained by Montez. The trial court rendered a summary judgment that the plaintiffs take nothing. Plaintiffs below have perfected this appeal.

Montez was an employee of the Watson Drilling Company, whose business was that of drilling irrigation water wells. He was severely burned when the defendant’s power line came in contact with either a metal cable…