LARCO DRILLING CORPORATION v. LEE

No. 44755.

207 So.2d 634 (1968)

LARCO DRILLING CORPORATION, a Corporation, and Willie Hopkins v. J.C. LEE, Jr., and Mrs. J.C. Lee, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Kepper & Kepper, Hattiesburg, for appellees.


GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Lee sued Larco Drilling Corporation and its foreman, Willie Hopkins, in the Circuit Court of Forrest County for damages alleged to have resulted from the drilling of a gas well on plaintiffs' land. The trial resulted in a jury verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $2,500. Judgment was entered accordingly, and defendants appealed.

The declaration alleged that defendants erected a drilling rig and drilled a gas...

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