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BLOCKER v. WICHITA RIVER OIL COMPANY

No. 15755.

295 S.W.2d 695 (1956)

W. O. BLOCKER, Appellant, v. WICHITA RIVER OIL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. C. Shults, Decatur, for appellant.

Arch Dawson, Wichita Falls, for appellee Wichita River Oil Co.

Harold Jones, Wichita Falls, for appellee J. C. Jennings.

RENFRO, Justice.

The plaintiff Blocker, owner of the surface only, sued Wichita River Oil Company and Jennings Drilling Company for damages to the surface of certain land by reason of drilling and operating oil wells.

At the conclusion of the evidence the defendants moved for an instructed verdict, because (a) no negligence was proved; (b) the evidence was insufficient to form a basis for apportionment between independent tort-feasors; (c) no appropriate measure...

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