PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY v. ARRINGTON

No. 6814.

318 S.W.2d 694 (1958)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Appellant, v. J. M. ARRINGTON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

November 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rayburn L. Foster and Harry D. Turner, Bartlesville, Okl., C. J. Roberts and Thomas M. Blume, Amarillo, for appellant.

Sanders, Scott, Saunders & Smith, Amarillo, for appellee.


CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is an action for damages for destruction of a 1956 growing wheat crop by blowing dirt, brought by appellee, J. M. Arrington against appellant, Phillips Petroleum Company, allegedly caused by the negligent failure of appellant to chisel alongside its pipeline running across the place being farmed during that year by appellee in wheat. The case was tried to the jury, the issues of negligence and proximate cause were answered against appellant...

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