TIPTON v. CLOWER

No. 6562.

356 P.2d 46 (1960)

67 N.M. 388

Martha J. TIPTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Elbert A. Tipton, Deceased; Dorothy T. Carran, Administratrix of the Estate of Joe Lewis Green, Deceased; and J. S. Jeffreys, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Royal Indemnity Company, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. C. CLOWER, d/b/a Clower Drilling Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray C. Cowan, Hobbs, Seth, Montgomery, Federici & Andrews, Santa Fe, for appellant.

William J. Heck, Hobbs, for appellees Tipton and Carran.

Mack Easley, Hobbs, Smith, Johns & Neuffer, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellee Jeffreys.

Atwood & Malone, Roswell, for appellee Royal Indemnity Co.


CARMODY, Justice.

Appeal from jury verdicts and judgments in favor of the plaintiffs in three consolidated cases.

The questions involved on appeal relate to the relative responsibilities and liabilities to third persons of a contract oil well driller and the owner at the time when the actual drilling had been substantially completed but the well was not made entirely ready for production.

This is the foundation case out of which Royal Indemnity Co...

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