BAXTER PORTER & SONS v. VENTURE OIL CORP.

No. 55536.

488 So.2d 793 (1986)

BAXTER PORTER & SONS WELL SERVICING CO., INC. v. VENTURE OIL CORPORATION and Wilbur R. Lilly.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Hayes Callicutt, Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Jackson, Robert H. McFarland, William R. Ruffin, Bay Springs, for appellant.

Al D. Eatmon, Jackson, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and HAWKINS and SULLIVAN, JJ.


HAWKINS, Justice, for the Court:

Baxter Porter & Sons Well Servicing Co., Inc. (Porter), a Bay Springs corporation engaged in drilling and servicing oil wells, appeals from a JNOV of the circuit court of the Second Judicial District of Jasper County in favor of Venture Oil Corporation (Venture) and Wilbur R. Lilly (Lilly).

Persuaded there was a jury question presented on whether Lilly in his dealings with Porter had apparent authority to bind Venture,...

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