SAVOY, Judge.
This is a suit in workmen's compensation. On November 22, 1952, the plaintiff, Pershing Reed, sustained a compound fracture of the right femur, when struck by the leader tongs on a drilling rig. At the time, the plaintiff was employed as a roughneck by H. L. Rowley, Inc., who held a workmen's compensation policy with the defendant-appellant, The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York. Judgment was rendered awarding plaintiff compensation at the rate...
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