South Penn Oil Co. v. Latshaw
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit, the declaration consisting of the common counts with a bill of particulars. The defendant in error was plaintiff below, where he sued the South Penn Oil Company to recover a sum claimed by him to be due by it for the drilling of an oil well in Marion county, W. Va., and for “fishing for lost tools" in said well during the time it was being so drilled. The defendant below pleaded the general issue. The case was tried to a jury, and a verdict returned in favor of said Fatshaw for the sum of $10,768, on which a judgment…
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