Legal Opinion

Farmers' Petroleum Co. v. Shelton

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 11, 1918No. 331PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Harris County ; Henry J. Dannenbaum, Judge. Action by T. F. Shelton against the Farmers’ Petroleum Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.

January 13, 1915, appellee, Shelton, an employé of the Farmers’ Petroleum Company, had his right arm badly injured while engaged in assisting in “making up” some pipe at well No. 4, which was then being drilled by the company in their Humble field. At the time the Farmers’ Petroleum Company was the holder of a policy in the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, providing for the payment of compensation to its employés under the provisions of the Texas Employers’ Liability Act, 33d Leg. c. 179, arid was a “subscriber,” under the terms of the act. After the accident, and prior to the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Rice v. GarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. Kampmann v. CrossCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  4. Freeman v. GrashelCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  5. Bernard v. Michigan United Traction Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. O'Rourke v. Percy Vittum Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
  2. Southern Casualty Co. v. MorganTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  3. Deborah Ferguson, Kathleen Rabjohns, and Michael Rabjohns v. Hospital Corporation International, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. Batson-Milholme Co. v. FaulkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
  5. Brown Services, Inc. v. Fairbrother, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989

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