Holloway v. Consolidated Gas, Oil & Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was a claim for workmen’s compensation. The commissioner of workmen’s compensation awarded compensation to the claimant. On appeal to the district court this award was vacated. Judgment was entered for the respondents. The claimant appeals.

The respondent company at the time of the injury was engaged in the business of producing oil and gas. It operated twenty-eight or thirty leases either as the owner or for the owner in Montgomery county. These leases included one known as the “Deffenbaugh” lease and one known as the “Dobson.” In…