CARTER v. FERRIS

No. 6970.

337 S.W.2d 852 (1960)

Isaac CARTER, Administrator of the Estate of R. C. Woollard, Appellant, v. B. H. FERRIS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson, Adkins, Fullingim & Hankins, Amarillo, Chas. H. Dean, Plainview, for appellant.

Ross H. Scott, Dallas, for appellee.


CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict for B. H. Ferris in a common law negligence action for personal injuries, following a holding by this court (Traders & General Insurance Co. v. Ferris, 312 S.W.2d 311, writ refused) that he was an independent contractor and not an employee.

B. H. Ferris, appellee, while engaged in laying construction blocks for a filling station being constructed...

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