Churchwell v. Pure Oil Pipe Line Co.

Suit by appellant- and wife against appellee for the loss and damage to household goods, and for exposure and resultant sickness to appellant’s wife, by reason of a house in which appellants resided as tenants of appellee being inundated and washed away by an overflow of a nearby creek. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and judgment rendered for appellee, defendant below. Appellants alleged, in substance, that appellant W. C. Churchwell was in the employ of appellee as a crude oil engineer, and that one of the considerations of his employment was that appellee was to furnish…