CENTRAL OIL CO. v. SHOWS

No. 42518.

246 Miss. 300 (1963)

149 So.2d 306

CENTRAL OIL COMPANY v. SHOWS

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welch, Gibbes & Graves, Laurel, for appellant.

Tom Alexander, Mendenhall, for appellee.


RODGERS, J.

This is a damage suit brought by the owner of certain lands against appellant, Central Oil Company, owner of the oil and mineral rights in the land, for injuries to the surface as the result of an alleged negligent oil drilling operation conducted by the Central Oil Company upon the aforementioned land.

The case was tried in the Circuit Court of Simpson County, Mississippi. The jury returned a verdict...

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