J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. Dinwiddie
Court of Appeals of Texas
• Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; P. A. Martin, Judge. Action by T. B. Dinwiddie against the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHendricks, J.
The appellee, Dinwiddie, sued the appellant, J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged by him to have been sustained on account of falling from an oil derrick situated over one of appellant’s wells, claiming, at the time of injury, that, in the performance of his duty as an employé of said company, he was climbing a ladder upon the derrick for the purpose of pulling tubing from said well; that at the height of about-52 feet, and while ascending the ladder, attached to the derrick for that purpose, one of the steps of the ladder gave way, precipitating…
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