PHILLIPS v. GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 13424.

323 S.W.2d 631 (1959)

Don Curtis PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jiles Roberts, Houston, for appellant.

Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Mayo J. Thompson and Donald F. McNiel, II, Houston, of counsel, for appellee Gulf & South American S.S. Co., Inc.

Eastham, Dale & Forney and J. P. Forney, Jr., Houston, for appellee Creole Line.


WOODRUFF, Justice.

Appellant, Don Curtis Phillips, a longshoreman, brought suit in the District Court of Harris County against appellees, Gulf & South American Steamship Company, Inc., and Creole Line, hereinafter referred to as Gulf and Creole, respectively, seeking a joint and several judgment for injuries to the lower part of his back sustained by him on two separate dates. He alleged that he first injured his back on January 14, 1957, while loading cargo aboard...

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