Olivier v. Snowden

426 S.W.2d 545 (1968)

O. V. OLIVIER, Petitioner,

v.

William SNOWDEN et al., Respondents.

No. B-399.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 3, 1968.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1968.

Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Cleve Bachman and Lawrence L. Germer, Beaumont, for petitioner.

Harry Burns, Houston, for respondent.

SMITH, Justice.

William Snowden sued O. V. Olivier to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on December 16, 1964. Snowden was an employee of a general contractor, M. L. Osborne, who was in charge of construction work on a bank building in Jefferson County. Olivier was a subcontractor employed to do…