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CORBAN v. SKELLY OIL COMPANY

No. 16984.

256 F.2d 775 (1958)

Otis L. CORBAN, Appellant, v. SKELLY OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Lowe, Texarkana, Ark., Ross R. Barnett, Jackson, Miss., P. Z. Jones, Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, Jackson, Miss., William F. Riley, Natchez, Miss., for appellant.

Gayle M. Pickens, Tulsa, Okl., P. H. Eager, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

In a personal injury action based on negligence and removed to the United States District Court by reason of diversity of citizenship, a summary judgment was entered in favor of the defendant, Skelly Oil Company. The plaintiff, Otis L. Corban, has appealed.

Skelly Oil Company, which we will abbreviate as Skelly, had producing oil wells in a field in Arkansas near Texarkana. The pump in one of these wells stopped working. Skelly's employee...

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