TEXACO, INC. v. SPIRES

No. 4273.

435 S.W.2d 550 (1968)

TEXACO, INC., Appellant, v. LeRoy SPIRES, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy & Laughlin, Harrell Feldt, Midland, for appellant.

Evans, Pharr, Trout & Jones, William H. Evans, Lubbock, for appellee.


COLLINGS, Justice.

LeRoy Spires, Jr. brought this suit for damages against Texaco, Inc. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant was occupying part of his ranch under an oil and gas lease, and negligently maintained a cattle guard which had been previously defectively constructed by Humble Oil & Refining Company, and that such negligence proximately caused plaintiff's damages; that the defendant negligently failed to clean dirt and grass from the cattle guard and...

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