LITTELL v. ARGUS PRODUCTION CO.

No. 1234.

78 F.2d 955 (1935)

LITTELL v. ARGUS PRODUCTION CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 13, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey C. Osborne, of Wichita, Kan. (Yankey, Osborne & Sears, of Wichita, Kan., G. H. Terrill, of Elkhart, Kan., and John C. King, of Liberal, Kan., on the brief), for appellant.

Lawrence Weigand, of Wichita, Kan. (George W. Cox and L. E. Curfman, both of Wichita, Kan., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, McDERMOTT, and BRATTON, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an action at law to recover damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff's father owned 160 acres of cultivated land in Morton county, Kan., and he executed an oil and gas lease upon it. Defendant acquired the rights of the lessee in the lease and drilled a well for oil and gas. The derrick was anchored by guy wires to so-called "dead men" located about 120 feet away. They consisted of boards tied together with five-eighths inch galvanized...

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