Legal Opinion
Machen v. Gulf Oil Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 21, 1965No. 10486PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AYRES, Judge.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, operators of a service station, seek to recover of the defendants, Gulf Oil Corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Gulf,” and T.. P. McDaniel, a distributor of Gulf petroleum products, losses allegedly due to leakage of gasoline, over a period of time extending from January 1, 1959, to October 19, 1961, from an underground tank owned by Gulf and installed at plaintiffs’ service station., Although denying liability, defendant Gulf caused its distributor to be made a third-party defendant, against whom it sought judgment in the event it was condemned…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Knapp v. GuerinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
- Pierce v. HeddenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Bennett v. Southern Scrap Material Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
- Fazzio v. Riverside Realty CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Barrow v. Culver Bros. GarageLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1955
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- Machen v. Gulf Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1966