COVINGTON v. RUTLEDGE DRILLING COMPANY

No. 6925.

376 P.2d 180 (1962)

71 N.M. 120

Sidney COVINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RUTLEDGE DRILLING COMPANY, Employer, and the Travelers Insurance Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Kiker & Kitts, John H. Stewart, Richard Ransom, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Seth, Montgomery, Federici & Andrews, Fred C. Hannahs, Santa Fe, for appellees.


CARMODY, Justice.

Covington, as claimant, appeals from the denial of any award for workmen's compensation.

The findings of fact by the trial court are in no sense attacked, except No. 8, which will be set out in full hereafter. Otherwise, the facts as found by the trial court may be summarized as follows:

Covington was a roughneck, employed by the defendant drilling company at various locations. He had been working on a drill site approximately seventy...

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