Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Wood

SPEER, Justice.

L. V. Wood sued the Humble Oil & Refining Company in the county court of Young county, Tex., for $324.72, alleged to be due him for services performed at a repressuring plant belonging to the defendant.

We shall refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff claims he was employed in August, 1933, by one Lee Elzey, district superintendent for defendant, to work at defendant’s plant under the direct supervision and control of one J. E. Clayton, foreman and manager; that under the contract of employment he was to receive a stipulated sum per hour for his…