SHELL OIL COMPANY v. STATE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION

No. 36480.

279 P.2d 316 (1955)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, a corporation, own risk, Petitioner, v. STATE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and Edgar R. Wright, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse M. Davis, Gordon Watts, Tulsa, for petitioner.

Butler, Rinehart & Morrison, Oklahoma City, Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

On September 30, 1953, Edgar R. Wright, hereinafter called claimant, filed his first notice of injury and claim for compensation stating that on May 8, 1953, he sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment with petitioner, Shell Oil Company, when he fell from the steps of an oil tank. He stated that the accident occurred at 3 o'clock A.M. May 8, 1953, on the McKenzie Lease in the Elk City oil field.

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