Legal Opinion
Southwestern Gas & Electric Co. v. Lain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1943No. 10625PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
Charley J. Young, while in the employ of Magnolia Petroleum Company in an oil field in east Texas, received an electrical shock which resulted in his death.
The death of Young resulted in a court action and the important facts surrounding his death are these: Magnolia Petroleum Company owned and operated oil wells on certain leased property in east Texas ; after its wells were in operation it constructed oil tanks in which to treat crude oil by forcing steam into the tanks so as to remove dirt and basic sediment from the oil.
On a certain day in January 1941 Charley J.…
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