HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO. v. GROVES

No. 3493.

308 S.W.2d 919 (1957)

HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Truman Odell GROVES et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Waco.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Sam W. Cruse, Charles M. Haden, Houston, for appellant.

Helm, Jones, McDermott & Pletcher, R. O. Kenley, Raymond L. McDermott, Shirley M. Helm, Albert P. Jones, Mabel G. Howell, Houston, for appellees.


TIREY, Justice.

This is a negligence case. Marvin Groves died from injuries received when a crown block broke on a workover rig in an oilfield on March 10, 1955. Suit was brought by appellees, Mr. Truman Odell Groves, widow, and Barbara Groves Nugent, daughter, joined by her husband, Billy Ray Nugent, for damages sustained resulting from the injuries and death of Marvin Groves against appellant, Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company. Appellees contend that specific...

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