H. W. Peerson Drilling Company v. Scoggins

LAWSON', Justice.

This is a suit wherein Lloyd M. Scoggins and Euleane M. Scoggins were plain*285tiffs and Republic Steel Corporatlion; H. W. Peerson Drilling Company, a partnership composed of H. W. Peerson, Sr., H. W. Peerson, Jr., and B. E. Peerson; and H. W. Peerson, Sr., in his individual capacity, were defendants.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court, upon request, gave the general affirmative charge without hypothesis, a directed verdict, for the defendant Republic Steel Corporation.

As to the remaining parties to the litigation, the case went to the jury on plaintiffs’ Count E…