WRIGHT v. SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY

No. 505.

138 So.2d 688 (1962)

Prier B. WRIGHT, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. The SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1962.

Certiorari Denied May 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauche & Plauche, by S. W. Plauche, Jr., Lake Charles, W. W. Bell, Jr., Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Saal & Saal, by I. P. Saal, Sr., and I. P. Saal, Jr., Gueydan, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, FRUGÉ and TATE, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff damages in the sum of $3,500 for injuries to plaintiff's twelve-inch water well, used to irrigate rice fields. Plaintiff has answered the appeal seeking an increase in the award to $7,500.

The well was allegedly damaged on October 19, 1960 by seismograph explosions set off by the defendant while conducting geophysical operations on plaintiff's property, under the provisions of a mineral...

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