PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. Civ. 68-43.

299 F.Supp. 768 (1969)

PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY, a corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Company, a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Oklahoma.

April 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Jemison, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs.

B. Andrew Potter, U. S. Dist. Atty., and Ronald L. Howlands, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

BOHANON, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1.

This case was tried to the Court sitting without a jury, the Statute not authorizing a jury in such cases.

2.

On July 13, 1965, Robert H. Smith, an independent contractor, was operating a bulldozer when the ripper on the blade struck and ruptured a ten inch crude oil pipeline which was buried less than ten inches below the surface of...

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