Cactus Drilling Company v. Williams

REYNOLDS, Justice.

In this common-law action to recover damages for personal injury received when a pipe fell on his hand, plaintiff secured a favorable jury verdict upon which judgment in his favor was entered. A defective submission of essential elements in the case operates to vacate the judgment. Reversed and remanded.

An oil well, the owner of which was identified as Pan Am, had been drilled in Yoa-kum County by, and it was under the control of, defendant Cactus Drilling Company. A Sherman Power Tongs crew had run casing into the well. Plaintiff Ruller D. Williams was one of a four-member…