Haynes Drilling Corporation v. Smith

On February 9,1939, the appellee filed suit for personal injuries against the appellant, alleging that the appellant was a foreign corporation engaged in drilling oil and gas wells; that on September 12, 1937, appellee was employed as a driller’s helper, working on a well which was being drilled near Buckner, Columbia county, Arkansas, under the supervision and direction of J. E. Senter, who was in charge of said work for appellant; that while so engaged he was using certain tongs fixed around the drill pipe immediately above the slips and below the tool joints, which tongs extended about…