MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. v. McCOLLUM

No. 37869.

211 Miss. 166 (1951)

51 So.2d 217

MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. v. McCOLLUM.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A.

March 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, for appellant.

R.C. Russell and L.D. Pittman, for appellee.


Kyle, J.

Appellee, Scott McCollum, obtained a judgment in the circuit court against appellant, Magnolia Petroleum Company, for damages for the destruction of a water well which resulted from the explosion of dynamite charges set off by the appellant in making seismographic tests on appellee's 66-acre farm.

The appellant was engaged in making geophysical explorations for oil and gas in and around the Town of Mize during the month of March 1949...

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