Structure Oil Company v. Chambers

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $2,000.00 for personal injuries.

Appellee’s claim for damages is based on the alleged negligence of appellant’s agents in attempting to load a spool of wire weighing about 2,000 pounds. Appellant’s chief defense was that the men engaged in handling the wire were not its agents, but were independent contractors, and it is insisted that the court should have so held, and have sustained appellant’s motion for a peremptory instruction.

The facts are these: Appellant’s oil fields are located about ten miles from…