Bagwell v. Skytop Rig Co.

OPINION

SHARPE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment rendered after jury trial that appellant take nothing against appellees.

This suit was instituted by James M. Bag-well, plaintiff-appellant against Skytop Rig Company, a corporation, and B. Weems *940Moller, defendants-appellees, for damages on account of personal injuries allegedly suffered by Bagwell on July 5, 1961 when a derrick or drilling rig on which he was working át High Island in Galveston County, Texas, toppled over carrying him to the ground. Skytop was the manufacturer and Moller was the designer of the drilling rig in question.…