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JACKSON v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY

No. 29911.

441 F.2d 511 (1971)

Buck JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. Browder, Jr., Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Midland, Tex., Jack M. McAdams, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Roddy L. Harrison, Pecos, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY, and DYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Buck Jackson sued Marathon Oil Company, an Ohio Corporation, in Texas state courts. He alleged that Marathon negligently allowed crude oil to leak from its oil flow lines on his property and that a number of his cattle died as a result of drinking this oil. Marathon was operating a number of wells and appurtenant flow-lines on Jackson's ranch under mineral leases.

Marathon removed the case to the federal district court, basing jurisdiction on diversity...

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