1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 427 S.W.2d
  5. 427 S.W.2d 313 (1968)
 

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY v. WHITTEN

No. B-361.

427 S.W.2d 313 (1968)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. John D. WHITTEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, Pinkney Grissom, Timothy E. Kelley and John A. Gilliam, Dallas, for petitioner.

Smith, Johnson & McDowell, Howard S. Smith, Sulphur Springs, Ivan Alexander, Jr., Emory, Woodrow H. Edwards, Mount Vernon, for respondent.

POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, John David Whitten, recovered a judgment upon a jury verdict against Humble Oil & Refining Company for injuries he sustained in a fall from the top of an oil storage tank. Humble had supplied the tank to Delta Drilling Company, Whitten's employer. The tank when delivered by Humble to Delta was not equipped either with a ladder or a gauge. The court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court. 415 S.W.2d...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases