Benoit v. Hunt Tool Co.

Morris and Meredith, Inc., the employer of the plaintiffs, Benoit and Holloway, was *516engaged in the oil well drilling business, and in attempting to set up a rig on its first contract and ¡first location for the purpose of drilling an oil well it ¡became necessary that quite a bit of welding ¡be done in and around and on different parts of the rig. The Hunt Tool Company was engaged in the business of renting, drilling bits and other material used in the oil well drilling business, and it was also engaged in the welding business. It is shown that they kept in their employ regularly twelve…