PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY v. WEST

No. 12871.

284 S.W.2d 196 (1955)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Appellant, v. Harold WEST, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. Foster and Harry D. Turner, Bartlesville, Okl., R. K. Batten and E. H. Brown, Houston, for appellant.

Phillips & Langworthy, W. B. Langworthy, and Wiley Thomas, Angleton, for appellee.


HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

Appellee concedes that the following statement of the nature and result of this case, taken from appellant's brief, is substantially correct:

This is a suit in tort for damages to a rice crop allegedly caused by negligence of appellant in connection with its oil and gas operations. The appellant operated a well productive of oil and gas, tank battery and water disposal pit on the Bullard...

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