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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. JENKINS

No. 386.

297 U.S. 629 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 611

80 L.Ed. 943

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. ET AL. v. JENKINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rayburn L. Foster, with whom Messrs. Joe K. Mahony and R.H. Hudson were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Robert C. Knox, with whom Mr. L.B. Smead was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee sued the Phillips Petroleum Company and J.H. Myers in an Arkansas court to recover damages for injuries suffered by him while working for that company. There was a trial by jury. It gave plaintiff a verdict in accordance with which the court entered judgment against both defendants for $50,000. On appeal to the state supreme court, the guaranty company became...

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