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FORTENBERRY DRILLING CO., INC. v. MATHIS

No. 52148.

391 So.2d 105 (1980)

FORTENBERRY DRILLING COMPANY, INC. and Damson Oil Corporation v. William D. MATHIS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Horton, Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, Jackson, Lawrence C. Gunn, Jr., Aultman & Aultman, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Guy M. Walker, II, J. Larry Walters, Laurel, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER and BROOM, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wayne County awarding William Mathis $35,000 against Fortenberry Drilling Company, Inc. and Damson Oil Corporation.

Mathis was accidentally injured on January 31, 1977, at an oil well drilling site in Wayne County. Damson Oil Corporation (hereinafter Damson) owned the drilling rights on the land involved and Fortenberry Drilling Company, Inc. (hereinafter Fortenberry...

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