Commercial Casualty Ins. v. Petroleum Pipe Line Co.

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

Commercial Casualty Company, hereinafter called Commercial, and Fidelity Union Casualty Company, hereinafter called Fidelity, filed this action against R. A. McArthur, Inc., hereinafter called McArthur and Petroleum Pipe Line Company hereinafter called Pipe Line Company, to recover by way of subrogation an amount which Commercial had previously paid in discharge of an award made to an injured workman.

It was alleged in the amended bill that McArthur was engaged in the production of oil and gas; that Pipe Line Company was engaged in the construction, maintenance, and…