GEORGE v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.

Gen. No. 45,679.

348 Ill. App. 495 (1952)

109 N.E.2d 392

T.W. George, John Wrather and Fred Wimberly, Partners Trading Under Firm Name of George and Wrather Drilling Company et al., Appellants, v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 22, 1952.

Released for publication December 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ECKERT, PETERSON & LEEMING, of Chicago, for appellants; WALTER W. ROSS, JR., HERBERT C. LOTH, JR., and TIMOTHY G. LOWRY, all of Chicago, of counsel.

POPE & BALLARD, of Chicago for appellee; FRANK F. FOWLE, JR., and GEOFFREY FLEMING, both of Chicago, of counsel.


MR. JUSTICE NIEMEYER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict for defendant directed at the close of plaintiffs' evidence in their action for damages resulting from defendant's alleged negligence in shooting plaintiffs' oil well in Wabash county, Illinois.

The amended complaint on which the case was tried alleges that pursuant to an oral agreement whereby defendant...

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