Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. v. Rhodes

J. E. Rhodes brought this action against Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation, a corporation, Summit Drilling Corporation, a corporation, and E. F. Patrick, seeking damages for injuries to his cattle.

The plaintiff alleged injuries to his cattle resulting from their drinking of salt water and deleterious and poisonous substances wrongfully left open and exposed to plaintiff’s cattle by the defendants; that defendants’ acts resulting in said injuries were in violation of statutes; 21 O. S. 1941 §1197 and 52 O. S. 1941 §296. The defendants filed answer in general denial of all charges made by the…