Legal Opinion
Carter v. Skelly Oil Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 16, 1958No. 3543PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDONALD, Chief Justice.
This is a companion case to No. 3542, Skelly Oil Co. v. Carter, Tex.Civ.App., 316 S.W.2d 87, in which cause liability of Skelly Oil Company for injuries sustained by Richard E. Carter, deceased, was upheld.
Richard E. Carter was an employee of Skelly Oil Company. On 15 August 1955, while working in the course and scope of his employment, he undertook to remove a unibolt coupling from a heater connected with gas production equipment on the Carrie Labay Lease in Colorado County. Because gas was confined under pressure in that portion of the heater, either a part of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re King's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1951
- Hamilton v. HamiltonTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Associated Growers v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Skelly Oil Company v. CarterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
3Cited by5 opinions
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