CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. v. HARVEY

No. 3045.

148 F.2d 780 (1945)

CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. et al. v. HARVEY et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Webster, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (F. A. Rittenhouse, Walter D. Hanson, and Olive R. Rittenhouse, all of Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellants.

Duke Duvall and John F. Butler, both of Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, HUXMAN, and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This is a tripartite lawsuit arising out of the destruction by fire of an oil derrick and other top ground equipment belonging to the Cities Service Oil Company, and located upon and used in the production of oil from one of its wells. The fire occurred when a workman on the well ignited escaping gas by throwing a burning match to the ground after lighting a cigarette. The equipment involved was insured...

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