FELDHUT v. LATHAM

No. 5931.

287 P.2d 615 (1955)

60 N.M. 87

Lloyd FELDHUT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W. E. LATHAM and Roger Harris, d/b/a Strawn Drilling Company, a partnership, and American Insurance Co. of Boston, Mass., Defendants-Appellants. Dwayne UPTAIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W. E. LATHAM and Roger Harris, d/b/a Strawn Drilling Company, a partnership, and American Insurance Co. of Boston, Mass., Defendants-Appellants. Arthur ROSE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W. E. LATHAM and Roger Harris, d/b/a Strawn Drilling Company, a partnership, and American Insurance Co. of Boston, Mass., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iden & Johnson, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Brown & Wood, Farmington, for appellees.


McGHEE, Justice.

The claimants, Lloyd Feldhut, Dwayne Uptain and Arthur Rose, were members of a drilling crew working for the defendant drilling company on a well east of Blanco, New Mexico, and were injured while pushing a car being used by Benton Closson, a tool pusher working for the defendant. Separate claims for compensation were filed and after issue was joined the cases were consolidated and are presented here as one appeal.

The drilling crew was composed...

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