Texas Company v. Robb

This action was commenced in tbe distrio! court of Payne county, Okla., against tbe Texas Company for damages to property of tbe plaintiff caused by tbe escape of oil from one of tire tanks located on the defendant’s tank farm, and also damages caused by the heat from the burning oil. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for $500, and defendant has prosecuted this appeal.

The defendant contends that there was no showing of primary negligence, hence a verdict should have been directed for the defendant. A large part of tbe argument of tbe defendant on this proposition consists of a…