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JOE ADAMS & SON v. McCANN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

No. B-2415.

475 S.W.2d 721 (1971)

JOE ADAMS & SON, Petitioner, v. McCANN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Borwn, Crowley, Simon & Peebles, M. Hendricks Brown, Owens & Fortney, Walter S. Fortney, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, Harold A. Mueller, Fort Worth, for respondent.

WALKER, Justice.

The question to be decided is whether subcontractor-petitioner, Joe Adams & Son, is legally obligated to indemnify general contractor-respondent, McCann Construction Company, Inc., against the consequences of the respondent's own negligence. The trial court answered the question in the negative and rendered a summary take-nothing judgment in McCann's suit for indemnity. The Court of Civil Appeals answered the question in the affirmative, reversed...

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