STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS v. WAMPLER

No. 15109.

218 F.2d 768 (1955)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS and Pacific Indemnity Company, v. Charles WAMPLER et al., individually and d/b/a Wampler Brothers.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. C. Gowan, Carrington, Gowan, Johnson, Walker & Bromberg, Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

H. P. Smead and L. F. Burke, Hurst & Burke, Smead & Harbour, Longview, Texas, for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, HOLMES, Circuit Judge, and ALLRED, District Judge.


ALLRED, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment dismissing a third party complaint for indemnity brought against appellees who had been employed to drill an oil well by Standard Oil Company of Texas, (hereafter called Standard). The third-party complaint arose out of Standard Oil Company of Texas v. Swinney, 201 F.2d 133, in which this court affirmed a judgment for Swinney for personal injuries sustained by him in...

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