Smith v. Veeder Supply Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Wesley M. Smith filed a petition on May 9, 1931, in a single count, alleging that the Veeder Supply Company was liable to the plaintiff upon two grounds, one for injury to an employee of the plaintiff. The plaintiff had obtained a gas-mining lease on the land of another, and had located a drill rig thereon and was drilling for gas. Plaintiff had already reached gas, and it was flowing from the well. It was alleged that defendant was engaged in the construction of a pipe line from the well to the main lines of a company to which…