Legal Opinion
Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1931No. 259PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLLOCK, District Judge.
This action was instituted in a state court of Oklahoma to recover damages on account of the death of Archie Lee Smith, alleged to have been caused by the negligence and wrongful act of the defendants Fitzsimmons Drilling Company, a corporation of Louisiana, and the Atlantic Oil Producing Company, a corporation of Delaware. Smith was injured on May 24,1927, and died on the following day. He left surviving him his widow, Lillian Smith, and two small children. The statute of Oklahoma, sections 824 and 825, Compiled Statutes of 1921, provides that damages in such ease…
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