MAPCO, INC. v. RATLIFF

No. 6437.

528 S.W.2d 622 (1975)

MAPCO, INC., Appellant, v. Frank RATLIFF, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynch, Chappell, Allday & Aldridge, Randall Lundy, D. Bruce Pope, Midland, for appellant.

Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Brad Crawford, Jr., Cecil C. Kuhne, Lubbock, for appellee.


OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is an action by a pipeline owner against a plowing contractor for severance of a buried pipeline. Involved are questions of trespass to personalty, negligence, and contributory negligence. Based on a jury verdict, a take nothing judgment was entered from which the plaintiff, Mapco, brings this appeal. The judgment will be affirmed.

In 1960, plaintiff Mapco purchased a pipeline easement from the owner of the land...

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