Whitson Company v. Bluff Creek Oil Company

In the trial court judgment was rendered on the verdict of a jury in favor of Bluff Creek Oil Company and R. H. Rucker, Jr., against Whitson Company, Inc., for $35,000.00 and $8,000 respectively, for the negligent destruction of an oil well and the resultant loss of the lease upon which the well was drilled. That part of the judgment awarding recovery to Rucker of $8,000.00 was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals, and that part of the judgment in favor of Bluff Creek Oil Company for $35,000.00 was reversed, and the cause remanded. 278 S.W. 2d 339. Both Whitson Company, Inc., hereinafter…