YORKSHIRE INDEMNITY CO. v. ROOSTH & GENECOV PRO. CO.

No. 16427.

252 F.2d 650 (1958)

The YORKSHIRE INDEMNITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK (also known as The Yorkshire Insurance Company of New York), Appellant, v. ROOSTH & GENECOV PRODUCTION COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hobert Price and Henry W. Strasburger, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Chas. F. Potter and Spruiell, Lowry, Potter, Lasater & Guinn, Tyler, Tex., for appellee.

Before RIVES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

On May 31, 1948, an oil derrick crashed in on Loren Lee White crippling him for life. Now a decade later, the litigation which saw, in the main case,1 three state court jury trials, two sets of appeals, one successfully through the Supreme Court of Texas, the second ending in the Court of Civil Appeals, the trial below and its later appeal here of the present case seeking indemnity by the Operator from its...

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