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DOWELL, INCORPORATED v. LYONS

No. 12799.

238 F.2d 633 (1956)

DOWELL, Incorporated, and R. L. Ashcraft, Appellants, v. J. B. LYONS, J. W. Greene, and John F. Greene, Trading and d.b.a. Virgin Oil Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. R. Wilhoit, Grayson, Ky., James H. Hanes, Tulsa, Okl., on the brief, for appellants.

J. W. McKenzie and Eldon L. Webb, Ashland, Ky., V. H. Redwine, Sandy Hook, Ky., for appellees.

Before ALLEN, MARTIN and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

STEWART, Circuit Judge.

This case arose out of an accident at an oil well in which certain equipment was destroyed by fire. A trial was had in the district court upon the appellees' complaint and the appellants' counterclaim. The jury found that the damage had been caused by the negligence of the appellants, and a judgment was entered against them. The issues here primarily concern the propriety of certain instructions which the district judge gave to the jury at...

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