Martel v. Hall Oil Co.

Blume, Chief Justice.

This is an action brought by the plaintiffs in error against the Hall Oil Company, the Midwest Refining Company and Pearl L. Eddy, defendants in error, to recover damages in the sum of $1,500,000 for unlawfully attempting to drill an oil or gas well. The ease was tried to a jury, but the court directed a verdict for the defendants, and from the judgment entered, in accordance with the directed verdict, the plaintiffs have brought their pro ceeding in error. Tbe parties will be named herein as in the court below.

On September 11, 1915, James Barquín was the owner of eighty…