Producers Oil Company v. Barnes
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Harris County. Barnes sued the oil company and recovered judgment. Defendant appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This suit was instituted by Vanda Barnes against the plaintiff in error to recover damages for personal injuries received under the state of facts given below:
The company was engaged in boring an oil well at Humble and employed the defendant in error to work at said well. The work was accomplished by use of the means hereinafter stated. A derrick was constructed which was about twenty feet square at the bottom extending to a height of eighty-four feet, the size of which at the top is not given in the statement of facts, so far as we have seen, and is unimportant. The structure consisted of…
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