Legal Opinion
Smith v. Hall
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 24, 1966No. 40694PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVISON, Justice.
Thomas Smith (plaintiff) instituted this action in the lower court against W. C. (Bill) Hall (defendant) to recover for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff on October 29, 1954, as a result of the allegedly negligent acts of an employee of Hall, committed while setting the substructure or base for an oil drilling rig preliminary to the actual well drilling. Plaintiff was injured when the substructure fell on him. The parties will be referred to by their trial court designation. The issues presented by the pleadings included the issue of whether the employee, Crouch, was at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wylie-Stewart MacHinery Co. v. ThomasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Hodges v. HoldingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
- City of Tulsa v. RandallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Crutchfield v. MeltonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. v. WilhoitSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Luckett v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Tulsa Rig, Reel & Manufacturing Co. v. MillsapSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority v. GarrisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- Lawson v. National Steel Erectors Corp.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
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