Platco Corporation v. Shaw

Although I agree that the case should be affirmed, I reach my conclusion through different reasoning than that adopted by the majority.

Plaintiff, a corporation doing business in New Mexico, had contracted with defendant Shaw, a New Mexico resident, “to furnish a workover rig and laborers for the purpose of enabling him to accomplish the-removal or pulling of casing from an oil and gas well on an hourly basis of $23.00 per hour, plus the cost of rental tools and equipment required, and plus the laborers’ expenses,” all under the supervision and control of defendant and his agent. The trial…