Franklin v. Geo. P. Livermore, Inc.

SWOPE, District Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The facts have been stipulated to by the parties. The employer, Geo. P. Livermore, Inc., is a drilling contracting corporation engaged in operating oil well drilling rigs in New Mexico, Texas and other states. Its compensation insurer is Employers Casualty Company. The claimant, Paul R. Franklin, is a resident of Hobbs, New Mexico. Some time prior to December 8, 1951, a driller, who was representing the employer, came to the claimant’s home in Hobbs and employed him to work on the night shift on one of its drilling rigs located at a…