Papco, Inc. v. Eaton

522 S.W.2d 538 (1975)

PAPCO, INC., Appellant,

v.

Jimmy EATON, Appellee.

No. 8227.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

January 28, 1975.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1975.

Lancaster Smith, Harvey L. Davis, Dallas, James H. Verschoyle, Atlanta, for appellant.

Carl Roth, Franklin Jones, Jr., Marshall, for appellee.

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

During construction of a manufacturing plant for International Paper Company in Cass County, Texas, Papco, Inc., the general contractor for the project built and supplied a scaffold for the employees of Southern Electrical and Piping Corporation, a subcontractor…