HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. WILSON

No. 3722.

339 S.W.2d 954 (1960)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Myrtle WILSON et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Heard, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Newton Gresham, Roland A. Baker, Leonard Z. Finger, McGregor, Sewell & Junell, Houston, for appellees.


WILSON, Justice.

Appellant engaged Knobloch & Company to perform work on a flare stack at its refinery. Wilson, an employee of the contractor, was killed while engaged in welding work atop the stack. His beneficiaries sued Humble, alleging the latter's negligence caused the death. Humble, alleging negligence, impleaded the contractor, from whom it claimed indemnity under provisions of the written contract for the work.

The jury found deceased was not negligent...

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