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INTERNATIONAL DERRICK & EQUIPMENT CO. v. CROIX

No. 16076.

241 F.2d 216 (1957)

INTERNATIONAL DERRICK and EQUIPMENT COMPANY and its successor, Dresser Equipment Company, v. R. L. CROIX and Texas Employers Insurance Association, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. W. Anderson, Dallas, Tex., Henry Russell, Pecos, Tex., for appellant.

J. O. Bean, Dallas, Tex., James T. Smith, Midland, Tex., Henry D. Akin, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, R. L. Croix, was plaintiff in the district court and will be so referred to here. Rumbaugh Rig Company had a contract for the erecting of a derrick for its owner, Trinity Drilling Company, in Glasscock County, Texas, where Trinity was to drill for oil. The plaintiff, an employee of Rumbaugh, was engaged in the work of erecting the derrick.

The derrick had been manufactured by International Derrick and Equipment Company,...

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