Legal Opinion
Eastern Torpedo of Ohio Co. v. Shelts
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 16, 1926No. 15914PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
The defendants in error, as plaintiffs, began this action in the district court of Tulsa county, Okia., against the plaintiff in error to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the neg-ilgent shooting of an oil well.
The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court.
Plaintiffs were the owners of an oil and gas lease on which they had drilled an oi~I well to a depth of approxinlately 2,500 feet. The defendant company, after accepting employment so to do, shot the well on~ August 22, 1922, with 80 quarts of nitroglycerin. On the following day, for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carter Oil Co. v. Independent Torpedo Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Coalgate Co. v. HurstSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- Smith v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WebbCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- City of Wynnewood v. CoxSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Lakeview, Inc. v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
- Pure Torpedo Corp. v. NationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1945
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1932
- Palacine Oil Co. v. PhilpotSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
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