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COASTAL STATES CRUDE GATHERING CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 640.

476 S.W.2d 339 (1971)

COASTAL STATES CRUDE GATHERING COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Mrs. Ruby A. WILLIAMS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Leslie S. Lockett, Corpus Christi, for Coastal States.

Dyer, Redford, Burnett, Wray, Woolsey & Dunham, Cecil Redford, Corpus Christi, for Pan Am Petroleum.

Edwards & DeAnda, William R. Edwards, Philip Maxwell, Corpus Christi, for Mrs. Williams and others.

Allison, Maddin, White & Brin, Guy Allison, Corpus Christi, Jon Newton, Wade & Traylor, Beeville, for Field Drilling.

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is an oil field fatality case. The action arose out of an accident that occurred on March 18, 1969, when Demprey Williams, while operating a bulldozer, struck a pipeline, resulting in a rupture of the line, a spillage of oil and a fire that claimed his life. Appellees, Mrs. Ruby Williams (surviving wife of decedent) and Mrs. Billie Ramsey (sole child of decedent) filed suit against Coastal States Crude Gathering Company, Pan...

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