Johnson Testers, Inc. v. Kirby

DENTON, Chief Justice.

The opinion heretofore rendered in this case on April 23, 1962 is hereby withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted in lieu thereof.

This is an appeal from an order overruling appellant’s plea of privilege. The suit was instituted by appellee J. W. Kirby for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him on an oil well site in Motley County, Texas. Kirby was an employee of P-M Drilling Company, and brings this action against Johnson Testers, Inc., independent contractors, who had been employed by P-M Drilling Company to run a drill stem test on the well…