SEISMOGRAPH SERVICE CORP. v. BARNETT

No. 43723.

254 Miss. 340 (1965)

180 So.2d 918

SEISMOGRAPH SERVICE CORPORATION, et al. v. BARNETT

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Vol Jones, Sr., and W. Vol Jones, Jr., Waynesboro; Wells, Thomas and Wells, Jackson, for appellants.

Kenneth E. Bullock, Laurel; Stanford Young, Waynesboro, for appellee.


JONES, J.

Appellee, Mrs. S.C. Barnett, sued appellants, Seismograph Service Corporation and Skelly Oil Company, in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, alleging damages to her property negligently inflicted in making exploratory tests in an effort to learn whether oil might reasonably be expected to be found under her land or in its vicinity.

Skelly Oil Company had an oil, gas and mineral lease which authorized such tests upon her property, and in making the...

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