Legal Opinion
Buckner v. Dillard
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 14, 1939No. 28537PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI-Iurst, J.
This is an action to review an award of the State Industrial Commission. The claimant, Jack Dillard, was a coal miner and received an injury working in a coal mine, while in the employment of the Griffin & Sheppard Coal Company. There is no question about the injury or that the Griffin & Sheppard Coal Company is primarily liable therefor. But the company being insolvent, the question here is whether J. T. Buckner and the Buckner Patterson Coal Company, a partnership, can be held secondarily liable.
The record discloses the following facts: The mine in which Dillard was injured was owned by the…
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- Utility Coal Co. v. RogezSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
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