Farr v. Traders & General Ins. Co.

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This litigation results from an oil well “blow in.” Appellant, A. T. Farr, Jr., was drilling for oil in Lafayette County; about 9:30 p.m. on June 10, 1960, while the drill pipe was being removed, the well “blew in”, erupting like a volcano and sending oil, water, and mud hundreds of feet into the air; a large crater developed; the entire, rig was lost; and the semi-liquids coming from the well began to flow over surrounding land. Immediately after the “blow in” Farr employed H. R. Wootton, whose crew, working with bulldozers, was able to erect levees to…