Sun Oil Company v. L. C. Pierce

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Appellee Pierce sued appellant Sun Oil Company and appellee Johnston Testers, Inc. for damages on account of personal injuries sustained by Pierce at the site of an oil well being drilled for Sun Oil. Pierce was a driller in the employe of Baker-Taylor Drilling Company engaged by Sun Oil to drill the well. Johnston Testers, Inc. was engaged by Sun Oil to run a drill stem test on the well. Sun Oil kept its foreman on the job and retained over-all supervision and direction of the work. The fire which caused Pierce’s injuries occurred while Pierce and his drilling crew were…