Benedum-Trees Oil Co. v. Sutton

Appellee, a roustabout in a crew of six men working for appellant, brought this action against it to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him. He alleged that he and the others were engaged in hauling tools and equipment to one of appellant’s oil wells by means of a tractor and trailer and that said equipment was operated by the foreman and had reached said well and backed up to it for the purpose of unloading the equipment to (be used in swabbing the well; that the trailer was attached to the tractor by a pin which connected the draw bar of the trailer to the rear of the…