HALLIBURTON COMPANY v. NORTON DRILLING COMPANY

No. 19043.

302 F.2d 431 (1962)

HALLIBURTON COMPANY and Continental Casualty Company, Appellants, v. NORTON DRILLING COMPANY and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Gaudet, New Orleans, La., for appellants, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, William S. Stone, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

John V. Baus, New Orleans, La., John J. Weigel, New Orleans, La., for appellees, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of the appellants' third-party complaint wherein the appellants asserted a right to be indemnified by the appellee, the employer of the injured plaintiff, for any damages which might be recovered by by the plaintiff from the appellants. We affirm the judgment below.

In February, 1960, the appellee Norton, a drilling contractor, was engaged in drilling for oil in Lake Barre, in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana...

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