ALLEN v. D. D. SKOUSEN CONST. CO.

No. 5331.

225 P.2d 452 (1950)

55 N.M. 1

ALLEN v. D. D. SKOUSEN CONST. CO. et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simms, Modrall, Seymour & Simms, James E. Sperling, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Joseph L. Smith, W.T. O'Sullivan, Albuquerque, for appellee.


McGHEE, Justice.

The plaintiff, appellee here, was employed by the defendant construction company on July 28, 1947, as a truck driver on a road construction project in Otero county, and received a serious injury on July 31, 1947, while attempting to move a burning can of gasoline from the immediate vicinity of his tent located on a crusher and camp site under the control of his employer. The gasoline had been used by Allen and the owner of the truck the preceding...

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