T-L DRILLING COMPANY v. NORTHERN PROPANE GAS CO.

No. 900.

516 S.W.2d 710 (1974)

T-L DRILLING COMPANY, Appellant, v. NORTHERN PROPANE GAS COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

November 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Kelly, Guittard & Henderson, Victoria, Samuel J. Ferro, Jr., Spafford, Gay & Whitman, Dallas, for appellant.

R. D. Cullen, Victoria, for appellee.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a damage suit brought by T-L Drilling Company against Northern Propane Gas Company caused by an explosion of a propane gas tank which had caught fire and damaged some drilling equipment. The trial was to a jury. Before the jury retired, the court upon proper motion instructed a verdict in favor of the defendant gas company. Whereupon the plaintiff drilling company has perfected its appeal to this Court.

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