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SIMMONS v. WESTERN ASSUR. CO.

No. 14237.

205 F.2d 815 (1953)

SIMMONS v. WESTERN ASSUR. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chandler Lloyd, Biggers, Baker, Lloyd & Carver, Dallas, Tex., Joe McCasland, Jefferson, Tex., for appellant.

Lucian Touchstone, W. Richard Bernays, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, STRUM and RIVES, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Jay Simmons sued Western Assurance Company to recover damages sustained by him when portions of an oil well drilling rig owned by him and leased to White-Webb Drilling Company were damaged or lost in a blow-out and cratering of an oil well near Jefferson, Texas. The rig had been rented by Simmons to White-Webb Drilling Company under an agreement which provided that the lessee was to be responsible to Simmons for any damage or loss of any kind...

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