UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 45377.

222 So.2d 679 (1969)

UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. Joe McLAUGHLIN.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson, Alexander & Crews, Jackson, for appellant.

Roland C. Lewis, Jackson, Louie M. Bishop, Waynesboro, for appellee.


JONES, Justice:

Appellee, McLaughlin, sued the appellant Company in the Circuit Court of Wayne County alleging damages to the surface of approximately fifteen acres of land on which the Company drilled a dry hole pursuant to a lease held by it. Judgment was entered for $1,000 in favor of McLaughlin.

The evidence is sufficient to carry the issue of liability to the jury. We do not deem it necessary to set out such evidence.

The judgment for $1,000,...

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