Legal Opinion
Dowell, Inc. v. Jowers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1950No. 12838_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
This is the second appeal in an action brought by the widow and three minor children of Frank Jowers, who was employed by the Penrod Drilling Company as a driller and who was killed on October 29, 1945, by an explosion which occurred during the bringing in of a gas well. On the day aforementioned, the Penrod Drilling Company had completed drilling of the well and was getting it in readiness for defendant-appellant, Dowell Incorporated, whom it had hired to acidize the well. Frank Jowers of Penrod Drilling Company was in charge of the afternoon shift and when he came on…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Railroad Co. v. FraloffSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- McDermott v. SevereSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Dowell, Inc. v. JowersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. CarnahanSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- James Hosie v. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- Jackson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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