ROREM v. HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO.

No. 16567.

246 F.2d 427 (1957)

S. D. ROREM, Appellant, v. HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Barry, La Jolla, Cal., for appellant.

Tarlton Morrow, Houston, Tex., Dan Moody, Austin, Tex., Robert O. Brown, Duncan, Okl., Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from adverse judgment entered for Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, the defendant, on a special issue verdict of the jury, the basic question is whether the conflict in the verdict is such as to require reversal either for remand and a new trial, or rendition here for Rorem, the plaintiff. Presented also is the question of the validity and the effect of the exculpatory work-order contract. The suit was for loss of...

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