Gulf Production Co. v. Adams

PELPHREY, C. J. '

On August 23, 1928, Albert- Adams, an employee of B. H. and J. J. Willis, independent contractors, loaded a new motor, weighing about 5,000 pounds, on a wagon which he was driving and hauled it to the State-Lassiter Well No. 4, of the Gulf Production Company.

At the well there was a-n engine house approximately 16 feet square with a door from 6 to 8 feet wide on the north side. In the engine house was an old motor which was to be replaced by a new motor. Adams dragged the old motor out of the engine house in a northeasterly direction from the engine house door, and there left…