SOUTHWESTERN HYDROCARBON COMPANY v. THOMPSON

No. 3955.

355 S.W.2d 823 (1962)

SOUTHWESTERN HYDROCARBON COMPANY, Appellant, v. Bob THOMPSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roe, Ralston & McWilliams, Corsicana, Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, Frank Finn, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Dawson & Dawson, Corsicana, for appellee.


WILSON, Justice.

Plaintiff sustained personal injuries when gasoline, with which he was cleaning oil sprayed on his employer's equipment by defendant, ignited. In this action he recovered judgment from defendant based on jury findings that defendant's negligence in the manner of spraying oil on the equipment and failure to clean it proximately caused plaintiff's injuries; that the oily condition constituted such a threat to safety of persons coming on the premises...

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