LANE v. FRANCO-CENTRAL OIL CO.

No. 41,371

184 Kan. 789 (1959)

339 P.2d 1

EDWARD LANE, Appellee, v. FRANCO-CENTRAL OIL COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant; GEORGE TREGELLAS and WHITIE GORHAM, Doing Business as G & W PIPE LINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY of Great Bend, Kansas, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Lee Turner, of Great Bend, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellants.

Melvin O. Nuss, of Great Bend, argued the cause, and Vernon L. Nuss, of Great Bend, and Robert Garvin, Evart Garvin and Morris Garvin, all of St. John, were with him on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

This is a common law action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff (appellee) as a result of being thrown from a combine when it struck a stone fence post alleged to have been negligently left lying in a wheat field by defendants. Defendants (appellants) George Tregellas and Whitie Gorham, d/b/a G & W Pipe Line Construction Company, hereinafter referred to as G & W, demurred...

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