Legal Opinion
Dellinger v. Skelly Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 9, 1951No. 2834PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINGS, Justice.
This suit was filed by appellants, Mrs. B. V. Dellinger and husband, B. V. Del-linger, against Skelly Oil Company and The Independent Exploration Company. Appellants alleged that The Independent Exploration Company, acting as the agent of Skelly Oil Company, while conducting seismic operations on land adjoining a tract owned by appellants, negligently set off charges of dynamite in test holes which proximately caused their water well to dry up to their damage. The specific acts of negligence charged by appellants against appellees were: (1) that they conducted exploratory…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Turner v. Big Lake Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
- Comanche Duke Oil Co. v. Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1927
- Universal Atlas Cement Co. v. OswaldTexas Commission of Appeals · 1941
- Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. LambertCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Crain v. West Texas Utilities Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1949
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. ManzielTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Klostermann v. Houston Geophysical CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Stafford v. ThorntonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Robertson v. Grogan Investment Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1986
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