Legal Opinion
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Aderhold
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 1951No. A-2790Published
1Opinion of the Court
240 S.W.2d 751 (1951)
SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO., Inc.
v.
ADERHOLD.
No. A-2790.
Supreme Court of Texas.
March 14, 1951.
Rehearing Denied June 20, 1951.
Royston & Rayzor and Robert Eikel, all of Houston, for petitioner.
Mandell & Wright, Houston, for respondent.
WILSON, Justice.
The parties will be referred to according to their position in the trial court.
Plaintiff, formerly a seaman on defendant's tanker, the SS SOCONA, filed two causes of action in this suit: first, for maintenance and cure; and, second, for damages caused by a fall from a shelf on the shelter deck. He contends that the shelf was an unsafe…
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