Court Opinion

ID: 9778530
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:11:20.51614+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:11.307005
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
The majority of this court adheres to an affirmance of the judgment. Upon further consideration of this record I cannot become reconciled to an affirmance and respectfully dissent.
It is without controversy that appellant employed the services of an experienced, competent and reliable rig builder and likewise employed an experienced and competent drilling contractor, both operating as independent contractors. An affirmance of the judgment permits the independent contractors to escape responsibility for the alleged negligence and fastens the sole liability upon this employer who at the most exercised only such supervision as to see that the respective contracts were fulfilled. I feel that the rule reannounced in Southern Oil Co. v. Church, 32 Tex.Civ.App. 325, 74 S.W. 794, is applicable to this record and refutes the asserted liability of appellant.
Motion for rehearing is overruled.
WILLIAMS, J., 'dissents. ‘