Legal Opinion
Gulf Refining Co. v. Delavan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1953No. 14188_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
The suit was for damages to a pumping unit consisting of oil storage tanks and loading facilities caused by a fire occurring while a truck belonging to defendants was loading oil from a tank battery located on the J. W. Young lease, Kent County, Texas.
The petition alleged: specific negligent acts of the driver and operator of the truck; specific negligent acts of its owner, and also general negligence in respect of which plaintiff invoked the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
In their answer, the defendants denied each and all of the allegations of negligence and, by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Honea, by Next Friend v. Coca Cola Bot. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1944
- Tyreco Refining Co. v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
3Cited by8 opinions
- Southern States Equipment Corp. v. Usco Power Equipment Corp. Usco Power Equipment Corp. v. Southern States Equipment CorpCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Lonnie A. Dement v. Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corporation, E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Company v. Lonnie A. DementCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Origen C. Hall v. National Supply Company and C. J. Overby and W. H. Bland, D/B/A Service Drilling Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Goenaga v. West Indies Trading Corp.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
- Bray v. Texas Mercantile, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1955
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