CHISM v. K. KESSLER COMPANY

No. 21264.

348 F.2d 731 (1965)

Howard H. CHISM, Appellant, v. The K. KESSLER COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Shearn Smith, Chris Dixie, Houston, Tex., Dixie & Schulman, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellant Howard M. Chism.

Vincent W. Rehmet, Houston, Tex., Barrow, Bland, Rehmet & Singleton, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and INGRAHAM, District Judge.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, appellant-plaintiff sued appellee-defendant for personal injuries received on September 14, 1957 when he fell approximately 40 feet from a water tank on which he was working as an employee of the defendant. He alleged that the defendant, though eligible, was not a subscriber to the Workmen's Compensation Laws of Texas, and that the plaintiff's injuries resulted from the defendant's failure to furnish him with a safe...

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