Legal Opinion
Robert E. Burriss, Jr. v. Texaco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1966No. 10052PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.
Judgment was entered against Texaco upon a jury verdict in the Eastern District of South Carolina for fire damage to plaintiff Burriss’ feed mill. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship.
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For more than thirty years Texaco has held a lease from the Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company on certain land in Anderson, South Carolina, used for the storage and distribution of gasoline. On the morning of February 13, 1962, a Texaco railroad tank car delivered gasoline to the storage tanks on the premises. There was evidence in the company’s records from which the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Herron v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Hubbard v. RoweSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- James M. Walker v. United States Gypsum Company, and Third-Party and Coley & Peterson, Incorporated, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Gulf Refining Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by23 opinions
- James E. Northern and Shirley Northern v. McGraw Company, Betty Soper and Jeffson Industries, Inc., Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Oscar Squella-AvendanoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Steeves v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1968
- Jackson v. Standard Oil Co. of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
- Courtney v. RemlerDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1983
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