CACTUS DRILLING COMPANY v. WILLIAMS

No. 8545.

525 S.W.2d 902 (1975)

CACTUS DRILLING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ruller D. WILLIAMS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam (Cecil C. Kuhne and William R. Moss), Lubbock, for appellant.

Warren Burnett Associated (Richard J. Clarkson,), Odessa, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

In this common-law action to recover damages for personal injury received when a pipe fell on his hand, plaintiff secured a favorable jury verdict upon which judgment in his favor was entered. A defective submission of essential elements in the case operates to vacate the judgment. Reversed and remanded.

An oil well, the owner of which was identified as Pan Am, had been drilled in Yoakum County by, and it was under the control of, defendant...

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