McDonald v. Heilbron-Palmer Tank Line Co.

Appellant, who -was the plaintiff- below, alleged as his cause of action against appellee the following facts: That he was employed by appellee as a common laborer to assist in drilling an oil well. He had never seen the machinery with which the well was being-drilled until a few minutes before his injury. He further alleged: “That he knew nothing from experience or previous observation about the condition of the machinery and equipment on said well; that, in fact, he had never seen the machinery on said lease until the day that the injury as hereinafter set out occurred; that, when he…