Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Beers

This action was commenced by Juanita Beers, upon attaining her majority, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained when she was about four years of age. She had mashed her fingers in a rod line on an oil and gas lease which her father was pumping for defendant, making it necessary to amputate three fingers. Her action was based on the theory of attractive nuisance. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor, and defendant brings this appeal.

Defendant assigns as error the order of the court overruling defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence,…