SHELL OIL COMPANY v. MAHLER

No. 16585.

385 S.W.2d 684 (1964)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Frank MAHLER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Fillmore, Robinson & Lambert, and Kenneth Ray Farabee, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Prothro & Sellers, and Oliver Kelley, Wichita Falls, for appellee.


RENFRO, Justice.

Plaintiff Mahler recovered a judgment against defendant Shell Oil Company for the loss of six cows.

Plaintiff was holder of a grazing lease on one hundred acres of land owned by a Mrs. Carson.

Defendant owned an oil and gas lease and had two oil wells on the same land. Carson No. 1 was still producing as of April, 1963; Carson No. 2 was not.

On the morning of April 27, plaintiff...

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