Sinclair Prairie Oil Co. v. Stell

This action was instituted in the district court of Pontotoc county by Delois M. Stell, and John Edward Stell and Kenneth Wayne Stell, minors, by their mother and next friend, Delois M. Stell, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against the Sinclair Prairie Oil Company and eleven other oil companies, hereinafter referred to as defendants, wherein it was sought to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Edward A. Stell, the deceased husband of Delois M. Stell and the father of the minor plaintiffs. Issues were joined, the cause was tried to a jury, and a verdict was returned in…